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

"They are trying to use every opportunity to restore these structures," said Pletenchuk. “Of course, the storm season in the ...

"Still, of course, they (Russia) are taking maximum measures to protect this illegal construction (the Crimean bridge)," said ...

Most of the more than 30 dolphins killed in a Russian oil spill in the Kerch Strait were from the endangered Azov species.

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.

During a period of stormy weather in the Black Sea and the Kerch Strait, Russia has lost structures that protected the ...

Russia-appointed officials in Moscow-occupied Crimea have announced a regional emergency after oil was detected on the coast ...

Thirty-two dolphins have died following a fuel oil spill from storm-struck tankers in the Kerch Strait, separating Crimea ...

An oil spill crisis has led to a regional state of emergency in Crimea. The situation arose from leaked oil from ageing ...