Volunteers discovered new fuel oil emissions and debris at Cape Tuzla.

In the Tuzla area, there is a large amount of discarded garbage, as well as old and new fuel oil emissions, reported volunteers from the Dolphins headquarters.

As reported by the Caucasian Knot, on January 6, the Kuban operational headquarters reported on its participation in cleaning the nets, noting that no new fuel oil emissions were recorded.

The Dolphins headquarters worked on January 7 in the Tuzla area in the southern part of the Kerch Strait, on the eastern side. After the storm, mountains of garbage were discovered along the coastline; Among them is fuel oil, both old and clearly fresh.

That is, emissions were real: we already recorded fuel oil on January 1, 2, and 6 in Volna, and now we see that the Kerch Strait has been affected just as much," the report states.

Volunteers commented on the operational headquarters' reports of no new emissions. "Who and why is reporting 'upstream' that there are 'no emissions on the shores' is not entirely clear. But the facts on the shore speak for themselves," the statement said.

They reported that they were beginning work to eliminate emissions in the Kerch Strait. "Our goal is to clean the shores before the season starts," the volunteers emphasized, calling on volunteers and local residents to help in this work.

As a reminder, the protective embankments hastily erected in the fall of 2025 in Anapa were practically destroyed by strong storms and are not fulfilling their functions, the volunteers pointed out. Embankments and nets are a good way to protect beaches from fuel oil if they are built in accordance with technology and regularly maintained, the bloggers countered, noting that fuel oil emissions were found behind the embankment after the storm. The nets left on the shore in Anapa after the protective embankments were destroyed by the storm are not fulfilling their function, their must be removed from beaches before the next storm.

As a reminder, 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".