Volunteers reported new fuel oil spills on the Kuban coast.

New fuel oil spills appeared near the village of Artyushchenko in the Temryuk district after the storm, volunteers reported. Kuban authorities did not report any coastal cleanup efforts over the weekend.

As reported by the "Caucasian Knot," in Anapa on October 29, spotty fuel oil emissions were detected only on the "Vysoky Bereg" beach, the task force stated. In the Kerch Strait, approximately six kilometers of coastline are contaminated with fresh emissions, volunteers reported the same day. On October 31, new fuel oil emissions were recorded on the coast in the Temryuk district of Krasnodar Krai. Authorities described the emissions as "spotty," while volunteers call them significant. On November 1, the task force also reported minor fuel oil spills in Anapa and the Temryuk district.

Volunteers from the Dolphins task force spent the day cleaning the shore near the village of Artyushchenko in the Temryuk district. According to the headquarters, new oil spills appeared there after the storm. Photos taken by activists show rocks covered in fuel oil.

Trash washed ashore along with the fuel oil, which activists are also collecting. "After the storm, there were trash and fuel oil spills. We're cleaning the shore, bag after bag. Plastic, bottles, fuel oil," reads one post on the headquarters' Telegram channel.

Volunteers from the "Net, Sieve, Shovel" association continued their coastal cleanup on the Bugayskaya Spit today. "Some are celebrating, while others are working," activists wrote on their Telegram channel. The Kuban task force has not published any results of its daily shoreline monitoring or beach cleanup reports throughout the day.

Volunteers' work on the Bugayskaya Spit is complicated by vehicle access to the area where oil spills are occurring. "When collecting spills, it's important not to allow a single vehicle into the surf zone. Wheels roll everything in, turn it over, and mix it up. Collection time increases exponentially if you can find anything else," notes "Net, Sieve, Shovel."

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." Materials on the consequences of the fuel oil spill have been collected by the "Caucasian Knot" on the page "Eco-disaster in Kuban".