Russia's only known submarine in the Mediterranean Sea, the Kilo-class Novorossiysk, was spotted leaving the region last week.

Russia has definitively abandoned the idea of repairing its military ships at facilities in Crimea due to the fear of potential Ukrainian strikes, RBC-Ukraine reports, citing Dmytro Pletenchuk, Spokesman for the Ukrainian Navy.

An animal rescue group said 61 dead cetaceans - an order of aquatic mammals that includes whales and dolphins - had been recorded since the oil spill.

Russia declared a regional state of emergency on Saturday in Crimea as workers cleared tons of contaminated sand and earth on either side of the Kerch Strait following an oil spill in the Black Sea last month.

Ukraine launched what local officials called a "massive" drone attack far behind the frontlines in the Russian city of Engels.

Volunteers in Sevastopol clear contaminated sand afterRussia declares an emergency following Black Sea oil spill:: January 4, 2025:: Olga Sheiko, Volunteer"I think it is a colossal problem at this moment not only for Crimea but for the whole Russia.

Fuel oil spilled out of two tankers nearly three weeks ago in the Kerch Strait, about 250 kilometres from Sevastopol on the southwest of the occupied Crimean Peninsula. #EuropeNews

Ukrainian drones struck a key oil depot in Russia’s Saratov region causing explosions and a massive fire disrupting fuel supplies to the Engels-2 strategic bomber airbase.

Examining Russia's losses in Crimea, Japan, WWI & Afghanistan. How historical defeats expose vulnerabilities in Russian military power & impact Ukraine today.

The head of Moscow-annexed Crimea warned on Wednesday there was a "high risk" the peninsula would suffer severe environmental damage from an oil spill in t..

We have already demonstrated in practice that using repair facilities for Russia's Black Sea Fleet is no longer feasible. To repair ships, they first need to bring them there, and no one will do that now,