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 ...

The fuel oil spilled by the Volgoneft-212 oil tanker, which crashed in the Kerch Strait on December 15, was intended for transfer to the tanker FIRN, part of the “shadow fleet” of aging ships that ...

Satellite images reviewed by BBC Verify have shown a major oil slick spreading across the Kerch Strait that separates Russia from annexed Crimea, a month after two oil tankers were badly damaged ...

Around 3,000 tons of heating oil have escaped from two oil tankers that were badly damaged in the Kerch Strait three days ago, the state-run TASS news agency reported on Wednesday. Clean-up work ...

Two Russian ships, the Volgoneft-239 and the Volgoneft-212, were badly damaged in stormy weather on Dec. 15, resulting in thousands of tons of low-grade fuel oil called mazut spilling into the Kerch ...

TASS/. Around 29,400 square meters of Kerch Strait waters have been treated with sorbent following the discovery of petroleum products that leaked from sunken tankers, the Russian emergencies ...

The Kerch Strait separates the Russian-occupied Crimean Peninsula from Russia and is an important global shipping route, providing passage from the inland Sea of Azov to the Black Sea. It has also ...

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A violent storm in the Kerch Strait severely damaged two Russian oil tankers, causing an oil spill and a rescue operation. One tanker split in half, resulting in one fatality and injuries.

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian authorities sought to limit the damage on Monday from oil spilled into the Kerch Strait by two ageing tankers that were damaged during a heavy weekend storm, highlighting ...

Russia has implemented mandatory passport checks at the entry point to the Kerch Bridge from the Krasnodar region. This measure, confirmed by Alexander Ovdyenko, the Russian Minister of Transport in ...