A state of emergency has been declared in Russia after two oil tankers sank off the coast of Crimea, resulting in a massive ...

Veniamin Kondratiev, governor of Russia’s Krasnodar region, said efforts to clean up the oil spills washed ashore were being hampered by stormy weather. “The weather is making the situation ...

Russia Wednesday expanded an operation to clean up thousands of tonnes of oil that spilt into the sea and contaminated 50 kilometers of beaches after tanker ships were wrecked in a storm.

Two oil tankers were damaged during a storm in the Kerch Strait, causing a major oil spill along the Russian coastline. The spill has contaminated dozens of kilometers of coastline, threatening ...

The Volgoneft 212, Volgoneft 239, and Volgoneft 109 are old ships built in the late 1960s and early 1970s. ...

Two Russian tankers carrying thousands of tons of fuel were badly damaged in stormy weather near the Black Sea over the weekend, leading to an oil spill, according to Russian state media.

A massive oil spill involving two Russian tankers is underscoring the dangers of the dark fleet of ships that's been boosting President Vladimir Putin's war chest. On Sunday, the Volgoneft 212 and ...

Russian officials confirmed the oil spill, but said that experts were still working to assess its full impact and extent. The Kerch Strait separates the Russian-occupied Crimean peninsula from ...

Two Russian vessels were damaged during a heavy storm on Sunday, causing a massive oil spill. The tankers, both over 50 years old, carried nearly 9,000 metric tons of oil products. On Monday ...

A Russian Black Sea resort town declared a state of emergency on Tuesday after oil spilled from two damaged tankers and washed up along the shoreline. A storm on Sunday wrecked two vessels, with ...