Residents of Tuapse, on the Black Sea, complained of an inadequate government response and coverup of what they say is a huge environmental and health disaster.
May 4, 2026 at 5:00 a.m. EDT52 minutes ago
A worker stands next to a hose Wednesday as he cleans a river of petroleum products following a spill caused by a recent drone attack on an oil refinery in Tuapse, Russia. (AFP/Getty Images)
Ukraine is intensifying drone strikes on Russian oil facilities, hitting a key Black Sea refinery four times in two weeks and setting off a days-long carcinogenic blaze that environmentalists say represents one of the country’s worst ecological disasters since the fall of the Soviet Union.
