15:56, 22 August 2026

Telegram users criticized the condition of the beaches in Anapa.

The sandy beaches have turned into a shore with clay and stones, users of Telegram pointed out.

As reported by "Caucasian Knot", the work on pumping out the fuel oil from the fragments of the tankers "Volgoneft-212" and "Volgoneft-239", which sank as a result of the crash in the Kerch Strait in December 2024, has been completed. The permits from Rospotrebnadzor have already been received for 111 beaches in Anapa. Earlier in August, satellite imagery from Planet recorded the continuation of the leak of oil products from the sunken "Volgoneft" tankers in the Kerch Strait.

A leak of oil products has resumed from the sunken bow section of the tanker "Volgoneft-239" in the Kerch Strait, satellite images show. The leak may be related to the increase in water temperature and the work on pumping out the fuel oil from the tankers. Against the backdrop of reports about the opening of beaches, there is silence regarding the work on pumping out the fuel oil from the sunken tankers, users pointed out. Neither the operational headquarters of Kuban nor the government commission for eliminating the consequences of the emergency provides information on the progress of the fuel oil pumping work. At the end of July, satellites recorded an oil slick near the tanker "Volgoneft-239", as well as a leak from the stern of the tanker "Volgoneft-212".

Telegram users criticized the condition of the beaches after reports about the opening of 111 beaches in Anapa.

The Russian government's message about this was, in particular, reposted by blogger Yuri Ozarovsky.

His Telegram channel has gathered 6 comments.

"They have filled the beaches so much that there is no desire to come to Anapa anymore, there are no more sandy beaches, it's heartbreaking, just clay, dust......," writes Yulia.

"By lunchtime, it's already concrete. The wind blows - a sandstorm. All eyes and mouth are full of sand. This never happened before," noted Helen P.

"We hope: in a couple of winters, the winds will blow away the dust and new sand," she added.

The ecologist, director of environmental programs of the All-Russian public organization "Green Patrol" Roman Pukalov pointed out that, according to the officials' report, "there is no fuel oil left on the bottom of the Kerch Strait in the wreckage of the tankers." "The wreckage itself, two bow sections and one stern, were also planned to be raised to the surface along with cofferdams and sent for disposal," writes ecologist Roman Pukalov in his Telegram channel.

"The problem is that it is unclear how to raise them due to threats in the Black Sea. The world community needs to be asked to take measures, not to attack cranes when raising the sunken tankers, this is ecology for all countries of the Black Sea basin!" commented blogger Max Anapsky.

Translated automatically via OpenAI from https://www.kavkaz-uzel.eu/articles/425993