The Kerch Strait is a strait in Eastern Europe. It connects the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov, separating the Kerch Peninsula of Crimea in the west from the Taman Peninsula of Russia's Krasnodar Krai in the east. From Wikipedia
Russian authorities struggle to contain a month-old environmental disaster, with over 2,400 metric tons of oil spilled and new slicks detected along the Crimean coast.