A Russian tanker split apart in the Black Sea, spilling heavy fuel oil into the Kerch Strait, Russian maritime officials said. A second tanker nearby was also damaged in the stormy weather. The Volgoneft-212 was carrying thousands of barrels of oil when it ran aground late Sunday and damaged its hull,

On Sunday, two Russian tankers in the Kerch Strait on the Black Sea caused a disaster, leaking several thousand tons of heavy fuel oil into the water. Greenpeace is sounding the alarm: "Russia's militarization of the Black and Azov Seas has led to another ecological disaster,

A Russian tanker has sunk in the Kerch Strait during a violent Black Sea storm, killing one seafarer and causing an oil spill. Russian news agency Ria Novosti, citing official sources, said a second vessel in distress, the Volgoneft 239, was drifting and ran aground about 80 metres from the shore near the port of Taman.