Activists say the spill - caused after two ships ran were battered by a storm - could cover an area of 400 sq km.

On the night of Dec. 15, 2024, two Russian oil tankers, Volgoneft-212 and Volgoneft-239, sank in the Kerch Strait, a narrow ...

On President Vladimir Putin’s orders, the Russian Transport Ministry has launched an inspection of companies operating tanker ...

The fuel oil spilled by the Volgoneft-212 oil tanker, which crashed in the Kerch Strait on December 15, was intended for transfer to the tanker FIRN, part of the “shadow fleet” of aging ships that ...

Two Russian tankers carrying fuel oil broke up in the Kerch Strait in December, spilling fuel into the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea. Russia has sent clean-up crews to some of the affected areas, ...

The Russian government has initiated an inspection of its tanker fleet following a significant oil spill caused by two aging tankers during a storm. The Volgoneft 212 split in the Kerch Strait while ...

The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) will help assess the damage from the russian fuel oil spill into the Black Sea that leaked from damaged tankers in the ...

Following tanker accidents in the Kerch Strait, over 1,300 tons of waste consisting of sand and soil contaminated with petroleum products have been c ...

Satellite images reviewed by BBC Verify have shown a major oil slick spreading across the Kerch Strait that separates Russia from annexed Crimea, a month after two oil tankers were badly damaged ...