Fuel oil from the two Russian tankers involved in accidents in the Kerch Strait may reach the coasts of Ukrainian cities of Odesa and Mykolaiv, according to Ukrainian Navy spokesperson Dmytro Pletenchuk.

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.

The amount of oil spilled in the Kerch Strait by two Russian oil tankers is "significantly less than the initial estimate," Russia's Transport Ministry claimed on Jan. 2.

A dolphin rescue center in Russia says 32 dolphins have died since fuel oil spilled out of two storm-stricken tankers three weeks ago in the Kerch Strait near the Russia-occupied Crimean Peninsula

In a heartbreaking scene, some 32 dolphins have washed up on a beach near Russia. The cause for this tragedy was down to a major oil spill with Russian President Vladimir Putin calling it an "ecological disaster".

An oil spill in the Black Sea is believed to have resulted in the death of over 30 cetaceans, including several members of an endangered subspecies. The spill, which occurred after two Russian oil tankers were damaged in a storm in mid-December 2024,