New fuel oil spill hits Anapa beaches

Recall that on October 23, protective sand barriers were again being built along the shore in Anapa, which had only recently been dismantled. This is because a satellite image showed a large stain in the sea approaching the shore. The operational headquarters reported that it could be petroleum products. Meanwhile, the governor of Krasnodar Krai, Veniamin Kondratyev, stated that 900 tons of fuel oil are heading to the shore, “there«s no need to look for the guilty” and “we just need to clean up”.

Local residents anxiously awaited what would happen on the coast on the morning of October 24. Everyone remembers the terrifying footage from December 17, 2024, where the shore was covered in fuel oil. But, as bloggers report, there is no repeat of the December scenario so far.

“On the shore, we have deposits of old fuel oil because it’s not flowing, it’s clay-like in form. In the waves, I see small black dots, but I don’t observe any large floating chunks, nor on the sea surface,” said local blogger Yuri Ozarovsky from Blagoveshchenskaya.

Meanwhile, in the area of the auto camp “Zhara” in the same Blagoveshchenskaya, the consistency of the fuel oil is different.

“With today’s wind direction, the threat is from Vityazevo to the village of Volna. From Anapa to Vityazevo, there should be nothing,” says blogger Max Anapsky.

Anapa resident Andrey Makovozov showed the Afalina beach in the Vityazevo area in the morning. So far, nothing critical.

“I haven’t found any new spills here, and that’s encouraging; since morning, the weather has been warm and windless, the sea is also calm,” Makovozov said.

Also, there are no spills on the central beach of Anapa, but protective sand barriers and a ditch are still being built there.

Note that there has still been no official information on where these 900 tons of fuel oil came from. Locals suggest that something might have gone wrong during the installation of protective cofferdams on the sunken parts of tankers where fuel oil still remains.