London and its European allies are calling on Brussels to announce fresh restrictive measures against Moscow in the coming weeks LONDON, February 13. /TASS/. The UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office ...

Moscow (AFP) – Fresh oil started pouring from a stricken Russian tanker in the Black Sea on Friday, said officials in Moscow, as Ukraine warned of "terrible environmental consequences" from the ...

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(MENAFN) Russia's Emergencies Ministry reported on Saturday that over 86,000 metric tons of oil-contaminated sand and soil have been removed from both sides of the Kerch Strait following an oil ...

The Kerch Strait runs between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov and separates Crimea's Kerch Peninsula from Russia's Krasnodar region. Rescue workers have now cleared more than 86,000 metric tons ...

Russia-appointed officials in Moscow-occupied Crimea announced a regional emergency on Saturday, as oil was detected on the shores of Sevastopol, the peninsula’s largest city. Fuel oil spilled ...

MOSCOW-Oil that leaked from two stricken tankers off the Russian coast has been detected on more beaches on Ukraine’s Russian-occupied peninsula of Crimea, according to Russian officials, as ...

The Ukrainian military said it carried out a high-precision strike on a Russian command post in Maryino, in Russia’s Kursk region, where Ukrainian forces hold chunks of territory after a major ...

Russia’s Transport Ministry said on Thursday that far less oil has leaked into the Black Sea than initially feared after two tankers wrecked during a storm last month in the Kerch Strait. According to ...

An oil slick of about 10 square kilometers has been recorded in the waters near the entrance to the Kerch Strait after the accident of two Russian tankers, Minister of Environmental Protection and ...

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Russian officials warned of severe environmental damage Wednesday as thousands of people came out to clean up tons of fuel oil that spilled out of two storm-stricken tankers more than two weeks ...