Volunteers confirmed the operational headquarters' data on the absence of fuel oil emissions in Kuban.

There have been no new fuel oil spills in Anapa and the Temryuk district this week, the emergency response headquarters reported. Volunteers confirmed there are no new emissions, but bags of previously collected fuel oil-contaminated sand were found on the shore.

As reported by the "Caucasian Knot," scientists and authorities in Kuban acknowledged that the environmental consequences of the fuel oil spill in the Kerch Strait have not been eliminated even a year after the tanker disaster. A representative of the Ministry of Emergency Situations reported that all three cofferdams have been installed, and 29.6 kilometers of protective embankments have been constructed along the coast to protect beaches. However, the protective embankments failed to withstand the winter storms, and volunteers reported fuel oil spills and partial destruction of the protective embankments in January.

There were no new oil spills in Anapa and the Temryuk district over the past week, the Krasnodar Krai emergency response headquarters reported on January 23 following a shoreline survey conducted by specialists from the Kuban-Spas team from January 16 to 23.

The Russian government, reporting on a meeting of the government commission for the liquidation of the consequences of the emergency in the Kerch Strait, also reported that no new oil spills were observed on the coast over the past week.

"Since the beginning of the work, more than 3,000 km of coastline has been cleaned, including repeated cleanups. More than 185,000 tons of contaminated sand and soil have been collected. "Of these, more than 174,000 tons have been disposed of or recycled," according to a January 23 statement on the government's Telegram channel. 774 people and 189 pieces of equipment are participating in the work.

The Dolphins headquarters reported on January 23 that "the coast is clear, there are no oil spills, but there is storm debris." During monitoring near the village of Volna, "rotted bags of solid municipal waste and a contaminated mixture of sand and oil products were discovered in the upper section near the shore. Sorting and disposal have begun," volunteers reported. Today, they reported that the pile found on the mountain has been sorted, the material has been transferred to fuel oil bags, and is being prepared for removal.