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.

More than 30 dead dolphins have been found in the sea following an oil spill caused by the wreck of two tankers during a storm last month in the Kerch Strait, according to the dolphin rescue center Delpha,

The amount of oil spilled in the Kerch Strait by two Russian oil tankers is "significantly less than the initial estimate," Russia's Transport Ministry claimed on Jan. 2.

Thirty-two dolphins have died since fuel oil spilled out of two storm-stricken tankers three weeks ago in the Kerch Strait, which separates the Russia-occupied Crimean Peninsula from Russia’s southern Krasnodar region,

In a heartbreaking scene, some 32 dolphins have washed up on a beach near Russia. The cause for this tragedy was down to a major oil spill with Russian President Vladimir Putin calling it an "ecological disaster".

An oil spill in the Black Sea is believed to have resulted in the death of over 30 cetaceans, including several members of an endangered subspecies. The spill, which occurred after two Russian oil tankers were damaged in a storm in mid-December 2024,