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

(Reuters) - Russia declared a regional state of emergency on Saturday in Crimea, which it seized from Ukraine in 2014, as workers cleared tons of contaminated sand and earth on either side of the ...

An emergency task force has arrived in Russia’s southern Krasnodar region to deal with the continuing consequences of an oil ...

The head of Moscow-annexed Crimea warned Wednesday there was a "high risk" the peninsula would suffer severe environmental damage from an oil spill in the Black Sea. Two Russian oil tankers on ...

A total of 32 dolphins have died in a Russian oil spill in the Kerch Strait between Crimea and Russia's southern Krasnodar region, an animal rescue group has said. Russia's Delfa Dolphin Rescue ...

Fresh oil started pouring from a stricken Russian tanker in the Black Sea on Friday, said officials in Moscow, as Ukraine ...

Russia-Appointed Officials in Crimea Declare Emergency as Oil Spill Reaches Sevastopol Russia-appointed officials in Moscow-occupied Crimea announced a regional emergency on Saturday, as oil was ...

Ukraine has accused Russia of a cover-up over the spill of thousands of barrels of oil from two tankers that split in two ...

Russia-appointed officials in Moscow-occupied Crimea announced a regional emergency ... Russian President Vladimir Putin has called the oil spill an "ecological disaster." The Kerch Strait ...