Kuban authorities have announced the absence of fuel oil emissions on the coast.

Over the past week, there were no oil spills on the Black Sea coast in Anapa and the Temryuk district, authorities stated. This data contradicts reports from volunteers.

As reported by the "Caucasian Knot," in mid-October, volunteers and bloggers reported fuel oil spills after a storm in Anapa and the Temryuk district. Birds covered in fuel oil reappeared on the shore again. The Krasnodar Krai task force reported that the wet sand could not be sifted, and mechanized sand cleaning work has been suspended. The task force representatives described the fuel oil spills as insignificant. Environmentalists believe it is necessary to resume large-scale coastal cleanup.

The Kuban Regional Task Force published a weekly report today on the state of the coastline in Anapa and the Temryuk District. According to authorities, daily monitoring has not revealed a single fuel oil spill.

“There were no oil spills from October 18th to 21st,” the official Telegram channel reported.

The operational headquarters' report diverges from the data provided by volunteers who continue to clean the beaches in the villages of Volna and Veselovka. According to the volunteers, oil spills have continued over the past week.

“Veselovka. Just a stroll—and again, fuel oil (...) Fuel oil 'goodies' are everywhere. Traces of recent spills have reached here too. This proves one thing: fuel oil remains in the sea. And it comes out again and again,” the Dolphins headquarters reported.

Today, volunteers from the headquarters cleaned another kilometer of the coastline in Volna, collecting over 50 bags of fuel oil in this area. Nine people participated in the cleanup, according to a post on the activists' Telegram channel.

Several days earlier, representatives of the "Dolphins" volunteer association reported that volunteers had collected approximately half of the oil-contaminated sand that authorities had reported being removed for disposal. However, official reports make no mention of the volunteers' work.

On December 15, 2024, two tankers carrying fuel oil sank in the Kerch Strait. A crew member of one of the tankers died as a result. In addition, an oil spill occurred, leading to catastrophic environmental consequences, according to the "Caucasian Knot" report "Fuel Oil Spill in the Kerch Strait".

As a result of the environmental disaster, Rospotrebnadzor declared 141 beaches in Anapa and nine beaches in the Temryuk district unsuitable for recreation. Fuel oil was found on all the beaches of Anapa, on the coast in the Temryuk district, and on the coast of the Sea of Azov in the Slavyansk district of Kuban, according to the "Caucasian Knot" report "The extent of fuel oil pollution in southern Russia".