Pictures and videos shared on X appear to ... ministry said both ships were damaged due to bad weather in the Kerch Strait between mainland Russia and annexed Crimea. The strait is an important ...

The fuel oil spilled by the Volgoneft-212 oil tanker, which crashed in the Kerch Strait on December 15, was intended for transfer to the tanker FIRN, part of the “shadow fleet” of aging ships that ...

Satellite images reviewed by BBC Verify have shown a major oil slick spreading across the Kerch Strait ... resolution photos - showed a massive oil slick running through the strait, measuring ...

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 ...

resulting in thousands of tons of low-grade fuel oil called mazut spilling into the Kerch Strait. A crew from Russia’s Marine Rescue Service siphoned away the remaining 1,488 tons of oil left in ...

Satellite images reviewed by BBC Verify have shown a major oil slick spreading across the Kerch Strait that separates ... recent available high-resolution photos - showed a massive oil slick running ...

The oil was released by two aging Russian tankers that were damaged during a heavy storm in the Kerch Strait on Dec. 15 ... “I had seen the photos before I arrived,” Nikolai said.