Fuel oil emissions were discovered on the beaches of Anapa after the storm.

Not all of the protective embankments built in Anapa survived the storm, and chunks of fuel oil washed up along with the debris on a number of beaches, a blogger noted.

As "Caucasian Knot" reported, the environmental consequences of the fuel oil spill in the Kerch Strait have not been cleaned up even a year after the tanker disaster, scientists and authorities in Kuban acknowledged. The government commission coordinating the cleanup effort for the fuel oil spill in the Kerch Strait reported that more than 90% of the spilled oil had been collected, and a representative of the Ministry of Emergency Situations reported that all three cofferdams had been installed. Authorities reported no new fuel oil emissions in Anapa or the Temryuk district. Traces of old fuel oil remain on the coastline – in the form of fuel oil crumbs and layers hidden by sand, bloggers and volunteers have noted.

Fuel oil spills have been recorded on Anapa beaches. "There are a large number of fuel oil spills, as well as large liquid chunks, on the Sofia and neighboring beaches! The waves have washed away, and there's nothing holding them back anymore. Now we'll have to clean it all up along with the sand," blogger Andrey Makovozov wrote on December 30.

"It's a nightmare... It's such a shame the spills haven't gone anywhere. That means there's fuel oil in the sea... it's probably lying around somewhere," Natalia Aviatsionnaya/Shvartsa commented on this post.

Fuel oil spills are also present on the beach in Dzhemete. "Unfortunately, there are also large amounts of fuel oil spills here. Where the waves held, the fuel oil was caught by a net. Where the waves broke through the embankment, the fuel oil and water flowed further onto the beach," he reported today.

Meanwhile, the blogger did not detect any fresh spills on the Bugayskaya Spit. "A large amount of trash from Turkey, as well as branches and sticks, washed up on the beaches, but I didn't see any fuel oil anywhere," he writes.

On April 18, 2025, Rospotrebnadzor (the Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Wellbeing) declared 141 beaches in Anapa and nine beaches in the Temryuk District unsuitable for recreation. Signs informing people not to swim have been installed there, and notices are also displayed on video screens in various areas of Anapa.