Vast stretches of Russian coast have been tarred by heavy fuel oil from two freighters that foundered in a storm.

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

On President Vladimir Putin’s orders, the Russian Transport Ministry has launched an inspection of companies operating tanker ...

Crews work to clean up oil in Allegheny River following spill from Westmoreland County steel plant ...

Oil has leaked into the strait from two ships which ran into trouble during ... official statements analysed by BBC Verify suggest the spill has spread across the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov.

The mishap resulted in a devastating oil spill that damaged miles (kilometers) of coastline along the Black Sea. Two Russian ...

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

On the night of Dec. 15, 2024, two Russian oil tankers, Volgoneft-212 and Volgoneft-239, sank in the Kerch Strait, a narrow ...

Up to 5000 tonnes of oil have leaked into the Kerch Strait, the body of water separating Russia from annexed Crimea, ...

WELLINGTON--An oil spill is “highly probable” from a grounded New Zealand navy ship which sank and caught fire off the coast of Samoa, the Pacific island nation’s acting prime minister said ...