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.
Russians are ditching their summer holiday plans at popular Black Sea destinations because of an oil spill, while local volunteers complain that the government is interfering with their clean-up ...
Activists say the spill - caused after two ships ran were battered by a storm - could cover an area of 400 sq km.
On the night of Dec. 15, 2024, two Russian oil tankers, Volgoneft-212 and Volgoneft-239, sank in the Kerch Strait, a narrow maritime connection between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov, off the coast ...
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 ...
RENTON, Wash. — The Washington State Department of Ecology has been working to clean up an oil spill that was discovered in ...
A wave of cancellations is sweeping through spas and children's camps in Anapa, a Russian town on the Black Sea.As the pollution from a huge December 2024 oil spill washes onto local beaches, many ...
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 ...
The mishap resulted in a devastating oil spill that damaged miles (kilometers) of coastline along the Black Sea. Two Russian ships, the Volgoneft-239 and the Volgoneft-212, were badly damaged in ...
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 ...
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 ...
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