A Russian tanker split apart in the Black Sea, spilling heavy fuel oil into the Kerch Strait, Russian maritime officials said ...

According to the Emergencies Ministry department in Crimea, the tankers Volgoneft-212 and Volgoneft-239 collided during a storm on December 15 ...

Russia's state media say an estimated 3,700 tons of low-grade fuel oil has spilled into the Kerch Strait after two Russian ...

Russian state media TASS reported that the Volgoneft 212 tanker had its bow torn off in the storm. One of the vessel’s crew members died in the incident, it said. Volgoneft 239 was also damaged and ...

Russia said Monday that fuel oil has leaked into the Kerch Strait, off the coast of the annexed Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea, after two ageing oil tankers were caught in a storm.

On Sunday, two Russian tankers in the Kerch Strait on the Black Sea caused a disaster. Several thousand tonnes of heavy fuel ...

Ukraine said on Monday Russia was to blame for a major oil spill in the Kerch Strait that leads into the Black Sea, accusing Moscow of breaking navigation safety rules by using old tankers and keeping ...

Together, the two ships were carrying almost 9,000 tons of mazut, a heavy, low-grade fuel oil. Social media footage from the ...

European Union foreign ministers have adopted a 15th package of sanctions against Russia targeting tankers transporting ...

Two Russian tankers carrying thousands of tons of fuel were badly damaged in stormy weather near the Black Sea over the ...

Environmentalists are warning of a potential disaster posed by two Russian oil tankers that ran aground in the ecologically sensitive waters off Ukraine's Moscow-annexed Crimean coastline as Russian ...

Tragically, one crew member aboard the Volgoneft 212 died of hypothermia, while 12 others were rescued earlier on Sunday ...