The oil spill in the Black Sea that has hit Russian and Crimean coasts since mid-December is particularly hard to clean up because it involves a "heavy" fuel that is less likely to float.

The ecological catastrophe began December 15, when two Russian oil tankers, the Volgoneft-212 and the Volgoneft-239, sank ...

Russia mounted a rescue effort on Sunday after two oil tankers were wrecked in rough seas off Moscow-annexed Crimea, with one spilling oil into the Kerch Strait. At least one person was killed ...

Russian rescue workers have cleared more than 86,000 metric tons of contaminated sand and earth on either side of the Kerch ...

after two ageing oil tankers were caught in a storm. Ukraine's environmental ministry said the leak posed 'the threat of a large-scale environmental disaster in the Black Sea'. Both vessels ...

🚨2 RUSSIAN OIL TANKERS SINK IN BLACK SEA STORM 2 Russian oil tankers, Volgoneft-212 and Volgoneft-239, have sunk or are sinking near the Kerch Strait amid a major storm in the Black Sea.

Russia's Emergency Situations Ministry also reported that the tankers, Volgoneft 212 and Volgoneft 239, had been damaged. Both vessels were carrying approximately 4,000 tons of fuel oil on board ...

Volgoneft-212, one of the cargo tankers, broke in two because of a storm, sending thousands of tons of oil into the sea. Twitter Video captured and shared to social media shows Volgoneft-212 ...

Dec. 15 (UPI) --Two oil tankers carrying nearly 9,000 metric tons of mazut fuel were damaged by a storm, broke in half, sunk and caused oil spills in Kerch Strait, which separates Crimea and ...

Russia mounted a rescue effort on Sunday after two oil tankers were wrecked in rough seas off Moscow-annexed Crimea, with one spilling oil into the Kerch Strait. At least one person was killed when ...