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

Long stretches of Russia’s Black Sea coastline are covered in oil spilled ... Videos geolocated by CNN show blackened waves washing the low-quality heavy fuel oil – known as mazut – onto ...

Volunteers are grappling with environmental havoc across more than 35 miles of coastline, after at least 3,700 tons of heavy oil spilled into the Kerch Strait.

AT least one person has died after a Russian oil tanker split in two, with a second ship damaged in the Black Sea. Footage ...

Russian authorities confirmed that there was a rescue operation for two vessls, one of which was carrying over 4,000 tons of fuel oil.

Volunteers struggled on Friday to shovel up tons of sticky oil from Russia's Black Sea coastline following what President Vladimir Putin has called an ecological disaster.

Russia has declared a federal state of emergency over an oil spill in the Black Sea, which came after a tanker ... ship as it sank in the rough waves. Russian authorities launched an aircraft ...

The thick oil slick on the water’s surface endangers the growth and development of marine life, both at sea and along the coastline. For example, oil sticks to a bird’s feathers, causing them to mat ...

Rough conditions coupled with unsuitable vessels for naval transport on the Black Sea have led to the sinking ... on water after encountering massive waves just off the coast of Crimea.

Volunteers helping to clean up the oil spill on Russia’s Black Sea coast are appealing to Russian ... Video from the scene showed blackened waves washing the heavy fuel oil known as mazut ...