As reported by Ukrinform, on 15 December, two Russian oil tankers, Volgoneft-212 and Volgoneft-239, began to sink near the ...

The vessels sunk in the Kerch Strait are to be brought up in early summer. This is shared by the Crimean Wind Telegram ...

New Year’s celebrations bring big prisoner exchange; As US pledges $2.5B in more aid, Moscow repeats: no peace without ...

In temporarily occupied Crimea, following the oil tanker accidents in the Kerch Strait, 226 tons of soil contaminated with ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin on December 30 signed a decree transferring shares of the foreign brewing company AB InBev ...

The Krasnodar Region anti-crisis center said that 460 meters of booms have been deployed in areas where that would be effective, 250 of them - around the stern of the Volgoneft-239, stranded near Tama ...

On December 25, 2024, the governor of Russia's Krasnodar region declared a region-wide state of emergency following a significant oil spill in the Black Sea. The spill occurred on December 15 when two ...

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Russia declared a federal emergency after a Black Sea oil spill on December 27, 2024, caused by a tanker splitting during a ...

KRASNODAR. Dec 28 (Interfax) - All detected spots of sea pollution from the wreck of the Volgoneft 212 and Volgoneft 239 tankers in the Kerch Strait have been cleaned up, the Russian Transport ...

The Russian government made the declaration after a number of its tankers were sank in the body of water between itself, ...

The images, taken on Nov. 8, Dec. 16, and Dec. 24, reveal that Russia has yet to fully repair the barriers, which are ...