Officials in Moscow-occupied Crimea have announced a regional emergency ... Russian President Vladimir Putin has called the oil spill an “ecological disaster”. The Kerch Strait, which ...

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.

TASS/. Three more dolphins found dead in Crimea most likely suffered from an oil spill caused by a tanker accident in the Kerch Strait, the republic's head, Sergey Aksyonov, said on air of the ...

The spill began on December 15, when two ageing Russian tankers were caught in a storm off the Kerch Strait linking Crimea to southern Russia. One sank and the other ran aground, pouring around ...

The regional authorities are monitoring the oil spill via satellite imagery to respond to the situation promptly. According to Aksyonov, a group of businessmen from St. Petersburg has contacted ...

At least one crew member was reportedly killed and footage showed an oil spill amid a heavy storm The country criticises a map shown at a Fifa presentation that appeared to exclude Crimea.

More than 2 000 tonnes of oil products were released into the Black Sea after two ageing tankers sank in a heavy storm on 15 December in the Kerch Strait, between Moscow-annexed Crimea and the ...

Police believe the gunman acted alone and a motive was not known. The suspect had access to his mother's handgun, which was once her service weapon.