Russia-appointed officials in Moscow-occupied Crimea have announced a regional emergency after oil was detected on the coast of Sevastopol.

Russia's only known submarine in the Mediterranean Sea, the Kilo-class Novorossiysk, was spotted leaving the region last week.

Russia-appointed officials in Moscow-occupied Crimea have announced a regional emergency after oil was detected on the coast of Sevastopol.

Russia has definitively abandoned the idea of repairing its military ships at facilities in Crimea due to the fear of potential Ukrainian strikes, RBC-Ukraine reports, citing Dmytro Pletenchuk, Spokesman for the Ukrainian Navy.

Russia declared a regional state of emergency on Saturday in Crimea as workers cleared tons of contaminated sand and earth on either side of the Kerch Strait following an oil spill in the Black Sea last month.

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Authorities in Crimea have declared a regional emergency after oil from storm-damaged tankers reached the shores of Sevastopol, the peninsula's largest city and a key strategic location