23:58, 2 June 2026

Volunteers collect palm oil shards on the Kuban coast after a storm.

Authorities reported the completion of cleanup work on the beach between the Bimlyuk and Ryabinushka sanatoriums in Anapa. Volunteers continue to find fragments of palm oil on the beach in the village of Volna.

As reported by the "Caucasian Knot," the swimming season began in Anapa on June 1st, with some sandy beaches excluded from the contaminated zone, as well as all pebble beaches, reopening to vacationers.

At the end of April, a kilometer-long stretch of sandy beach in the village of Vityazevo, used by the children's resort "Vita," the children's health complex "Pearl of Russia," and the resorts "Miracleon," was removed from the danger zone. Pebble beaches from Maly Utrish towards Central Beach were also excluded from the emergency zone. On May 29, the section from Medical Beach to the Bimlyuk Children's Sanatorium was also excluded from the danger zone. Thus, 15 beaches in Anapa have received the necessary operating permits after being cleared of fuel oil and refilled with new sand. Another 29 beaches, prepared for opening at the start of the swimming season, are undergoing assessment.

In Anapa, work to restore the beaches between the Bimlyuk and Ryabinushka sanatoriums is nearing completion, the Krasnodar Krai task force reported today on its Telegram channel.

According to the task force, imported sand is being dried and sifted in these areas using specialized equipment.

It is noted that more than 8.4 kilometers of sandy beaches have already been filled in at the resort. This is the area from the Central Beach to the Ryabinushka Sanatorium, as well as a test area used by the Vita Children's Resort, the Pearl of Russia Children's Health Complex, and the Miracleon Resorts in the village of Vityazevo.

The pebble beaches from Maly Utrish toward the Central Beach are also open to residents and vacationers, the task force clarified.

Palm Oil Chunks Washed Ashore by Storm

The Volunteer Center "Dolphins" reported the discovery of "white fuel oil" (as volunteers call palm oil) on the shore in the village of Volna in the Temryuk District on its Telegram channel, publishing a video of the collection of solid oil fragments.

Frame of palm oil fragments in the village of Volna. Photo: Headquarters "Dolphins" / Telegram channel

In a second message, the center publishes photographs of fragments of spilled palm oil on the beach.

"Long tentacles, a strange shape, like something marine and mysterious, but if you look closer, it's palm oil again. In the sun, it melts, spreads, and takes on bizarre shapes," the report says.

Volunteers say this is essentially pollution that needs to be collected and removed before it spreads along the shore again.

Materials on the consequences of the fuel oil spills in the Kerch Strait and Tuapse have been compiled by the "Caucasian Knot" on the page "Eco-disaster in Kuban." Data on the scale of coastal pollution has been compiled by the "Caucasian Knot" in the reference material "Fuel Oil Spill in the Kerch Strait

Translated automatically via Google translate from https://www.kavkaz-uzel.eu/articles/423768