Three years after launching his “special military operation” in Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin faces a looming ...

Thousands of Russians celebrating the Orthodox Christian feast day of Epiphany, where worshippers bathe in the icy waters of frozen lakes and rivers, have been forced to cancel their traditional cerem ...

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine has called on its partners to step up counteraction to Russia's shadow fleet of ...

A group of sociologists found that few Russians were steadfast supporters of the war. Most had something more complicated to ...

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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 ...

Three killed in cross-border attacks as 1,700 of Kyiv’s troops desert army - Around 1,700 soldiers of a high-profile unit have reportedly deserted the army before deployment ...

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 ...

On December 15, two Russian tankers, Volgoneft 212 and Volgoneft 239, were reported sinking in the Kerch Strait. There were 13 and 14 people on board the tankers, respectively. Rescuers evacuated 13 ...

Others called for international specialists to be sent ... adding tests were ongoing to ascertain the cause of the deaths. The Kerch Strait separates the Russian-occupied Crimean Peninsula from ...