Russian officials originally claimed that the spill was contained, but soon after the disaster, sightings of floating oil and tarred birds were reported all along Russia’s Black Sea coast.

While oil spills have already occurred in the region in the past, the December incident surpasses anything the Black Sea has ever seen. In the closest comparable case, 1,300 tons of fuel oil were ...

Over the past month, the popular Black Sea resort beaches of Russia ... Undercurrents spread the spill and can bring oil to the surface, where it traps birds. Local environmentalists immediately ...

Russian officials say rescue workers have successfully removed almost 1,500 tons of oil stranded onboard a tanker that ran aground in December, sparking a devastating oil spill that has damaged miles ...

Any danger of the oil reaching Bulgaria is speculation ... saying there is no danger of it reaching Bulgarian Black Sea waters. Tourism Minister Miroslav Borshosh called the media reports ...

Authorities in Russia’s Volgograd region and the Republic of Tatarstan have signed at least 14 government contracts for organizing “health and recreation” trips for children to the Black Sea resort ..

The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) will help assess the damage from the russian fuel oil spill into the Black Sea that leaked from damaged tankers in the Kerch Strait in December 2024. The Ministry ...

Two Russian tankers carrying fuel oil to support its war effort broke up in the Kerch Strait in December, spilling fuel into the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea. The extent of the environmental ...

As ageing and deficient tankers in the "Russian shadow fleet" traffic the shallow waters of the Baltic Sea, a major oil spill ...

following the appearance of a 'smelly black tar' on the sands. The pollution incident, which sparked fears of a marine oil spill, prompted coastguards to initiate a beach clean-up and investigation.

Other big spills in the last 12 months include 7,778 kg of oil that spilled into the North Sea 110 miles from Aberdeen from the Gannet A platform in July. Nearly 5,000kg 100 miles north-east off ...

Two weeks into the new year, and four weeks after the oil spill, Russian President Vladimir Putin acknowledged the extent of the disaster and dispatched senior officials to deal with Russia’s largest ...