Kuban authorities report absence of fuel oil emissions on the coast

The number of volunteers working on Belaya Gora beach has decreased to six people. Over the past week, no new emissions of fuel oil were recorded in Anapa, as well as during the previous week, the Kuban Operational Headquarters stated.

"Kavkazsky Uzel" wrote that from July 25 to 29, the authorities did not record new emissions of fuel oil on the coast of Anapa, the authorities stated. Volunteers, in turn, claim that emissions continue. On August 2, they called on those willing to help them in their work. On August 4, the volunteer headquarters confirmed that local emissions of oil products continue on the beaches of Taman .

The authorities of Krasnodar Krai have not recorded any new fuel oil emissions on the coast for two weeks. “No new fuel oil emissions were detected in Anapa from July 29 to August 5,” the Kuban Operational Headquarters reported today, citing daily monitoring of the coastline.

The last time the agency reported emissions was on July 23, when clots of oil products were detected in Temryuk District, near the village of Volna and the village of Artyushchenko. Only six volunteers were working on Belaya Gora Beach in this village today, the Dolphins volunteer headquarters reported.

"The seemingly clean rocks hide a hidden threat - puddles of oil products that have to be found and collected manually. The sand under water also offers us various fuel oil surprises. As a result, 23 bags of fuel oil were collected today, which was hidden in the rock, under the rocks, and right in the sea," the headquarters' Telegram channel said in a publication. An activist from the headquarters showed a spot of fuel oil under the rocks and a palm-sized clot pulled out of the water in a video.

Volunteers from the "Network, Sieve, Shovel" association, working on the Bugayskaya Spit, continue to clean the shore from the latest spill of fuel oil, which was reported only by activists, but not by the authorities. “The new emission is still visually noticeable from the 2 km mark towards the mouth. We have already cleared 800 meters. From 2 to 5, only rare blobs were visible. Either it was already covered with sand or washed away by the wave,” the channel’s message says.

On December 15, 2024, two tankers with fuel oil sank in the Kerch Strait, which led to catastrophic environmental consequences. Details can be found in the "Caucasian Knot" reference "Fuel oil spill in the Kerch Strait". Materials about the consequences of the fuel oil spill have been collected by the "Caucasian Knot" on the thematic page "Eco-disaster in Kuban".

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