In response to the scale of the disaster, thousands of workers from Russia's Ministry of Emergency Situations, along with ...
The ecological catastrophe began December 15, when two Russian oil tankers, the Volgoneft-212 and the Volgoneft-239, sank ...
Each had 4,000 tons of fuel oil in the tanks - some of it leaked out of the tanks, forming black spots in the sea.” Russian Mi-8 rescue helicopters were reportedly flying to the scene.
An animal rescue group said 61 dead cetaceans - an order of aquatic mammals that includes whales and dolphins - had been ...
"Today as a result of a storm in the Black Sea waters, two tankers, the Volgoneft-212 and the Volgoneft-239 were wrecked. On board the ships are crews of 15 and 14.
MOSCOW - An oil spill from damaged tankers has contaminated a long stretch of sandy beaches along the Russian Black Sea shoreline ... Black oil spots were also visible along the beaches.