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

Emergency teams were continuing to clean up a massive oil spill staining the Kerch Strait in Russia. Footage shows excavators ...

A creditor has launched bankruptcy proceedings against the Russian owner of a ship that caused an environmentally disastrous ...

Russia has formed a new government commission to coordinate clean up of the biggest spill of oil products in the Black Sea in ...

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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’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 ...

Russian federal officials have declared a state of emergency in response to last week’s oil spill in the Black Sea, where a storm in the Kerch Strait caused two tankers to crash. Cleanup efforts have ...

Volunteers helping to clean up the oil spill on Russia’s Black Sea coast are appealing to Russian President Vladimir Putin for more assistance, as they grapple with environmental havoc across ...