For many months, Ukrainians have been attacking targets in occupied Crimea. During one of these attacks, debris from a launched missile reportedly fell on residents relaxing on the beach in ...

Vast stretches of Russian coast have been tarred by heavy fuel oil from two freighters that foundered in a storm.

Over the past month, the popular Black Sea resort beaches of Russia’s Krasnodar ... with the oil also washing up across the strait in Crimea. Even as volunteers from across Russia flooded ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin calls the incident an "ecological disaster" as officials and volunteers attempt to clean beaches contaminated with the heavy oil.

Heavy fuel oil has been washing up on hundreds of kilometres of beaches along Russia's southern coast and on the annexed peninsula of Crimea since two ageing Russian tankers were caught in a storm in ...