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

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

Footage posted by residents of Anapa, a coastal town in Russia, shows oil-soaked birds struggling to survive after a reported fuel oil spill ... from the beach in Vityazevo show oil-streaked ...

Russia’s Transportation Ministry has described the spill as “the world’s first accident involving ‘heavy’ M100 fuel oil” and said it would be extremely difficult to collect it from the ...

Up to 5,000 tonnes of oil has now leaked, and media reports and official statements analysed by BBC Verify suggest the spill has spread across the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov. A senior Russian ...

Part of Russia's Pacific island region of Sakhalin is on high alert after a Chinese cargo ship ran aground off its southwest ...

As ageing and deficient tankers in the "Russian shadow fleet" traffic the shallow waters of the Baltic Sea, a major oil spill disaster looms, experts told AFP. Security analysts say Russia is ...

"The risk for an oil spill accident has existed for many years in the Baltic Sea, but the Russian shadow fleet has increased the risk significantly," said Mikko Hirvi, head of maritime safety at ...