We have already demonstrated in practice that using repair facilities for Russia's Black Sea Fleet is no longer feasible. To repair ships, they first need to bring them there, and no one will do that now,

Russia's only known submarine in the Mediterranean Sea, the Kilo-class Novorossiysk, was spotted leaving the region last week.

An animal rescue group said 61 dead cetaceans - an order of aquatic mammals that includes whales and dolphins - had been recorded since the oil spill.

Ukraine launched what local officials called a "massive" drone attack far behind the frontlines in the Russian city of Engels.

Russia declared a regional state of emergency on Saturday in Crimea as workers cleared tons of contaminated sand and earth on either side of the Kerch Strait following an oil spill in the Black Sea last month.

Ukrainian soldiers say Russia is waging fierce battles in the east while they attempt a renewed offensive in Kursk.

Volunteers in Sevastopol clear contaminated sand afterRussia declares an emergency following Black Sea oil spill:: January 4, 2025:: Olga Sheiko, Volunteer"I think it is a colossal problem at this moment not only for Crimea but for the whole Russia.

Fuel oil spilled out of two tankers nearly three weeks ago in the Kerch Strait, about 250 kilometres from Sevastopol on the southwest of the occupied Crimean Peninsula. #EuropeNews

Intense fighting is also taking place between Ukrainian and Russian troops in the key city of Kurakhove, in eastern Ukraine. The cold and winter do not stop the Ukraine war. The fight for every inch of land continues in various areas of Ukraine and Russia.

The head of Moscow-annexed Crimea warned on Wednesday there was a "high risk" the peninsula would suffer severe environmental damage from an oil spill in t..

Ukraine says it hit an oil depot inside Russia that served a strategic air base in the southern Saratov region in what appears to have been a strike with Ukrainian weapons.