Volunteers flooded the beaches to help with cleanup eventually prompting the federal government to step to help clean up ...

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

Jan 4 (Reuters) - Russia declared a regional state of emergency on Saturday in Crimea, which it seized ... foul-smelling fuel oil from sandy beaches in and around Anapa, a summer resort.

President Vladimir Putin has called it an "ecological disaster" and hundreds of volunteers have been deployed to scoop up contaminated soil from beaches in Crimea and along Russia's southern coast.

Russian forces in Crimea are bolstering defenses and digging trenches along the beaches in anticipation of a possible Ukrainian airborne assault, the partisan movement Atesh reported via Telegram on ...

Ukrainian guerrilla group Atesh claimed half of the families of Rosgvardia officers had left Crimea, fearing potential combat ...