Volunteers reported cleaning up new oil spills near the village of Volna.

Volunteers from the "Dolphins" headquarters collected almost 20 tons of oil mixture near the village of Volna; the spills appeared on the coast a few days ago.

As reported by "Caucasian Knot", on September 17, the Marine Rescue Service reported that a radar image from September 16 showed pollution of unknown origin near the sunken parts of the tankers "Volgoneft-212" and "Volgoneft-239". Satellite images of the Kerch Strait also showed slicks extending from the cofferdams installed over the sunken parts of the tankers "Volgoneft-212" and "Volgoneft-239".

The spilled oil near the village of Volna has been almost completely collected. "Volunteers from the "Dolphins" headquarters collected almost 20 tons of oil mixture. The bags were lifted by the snow-swamp vehicle "Pioneer" to a safe place and are awaiting evacuation.
The shore has become cleaner," reported the volunteer headquarters "Dolphins" on September 25.

Volunteers raised the question of "when and where the collected oil will be taken away." As seen in the video, they transported the bags from the water's edge, but they remain on the sand for now.

Recall that on August 21, the authorities reported the completion of the pumping of oil from the sunken parts of the tankers "Volgoneft-212" and "Volgoneft-239". On August 26, satellite images showed oil films at the sites of the sinking of the stern of "Volgoneft-212" and the bow of "Volgoneft-239", and the Sky Eye project suggested that the completion of pumping does not mean the cessation of oil product leaks.

On September 4, it became known that the Russian government had not published reports from the meetings of the government commission on the elimination of the consequences of the oil spill within two weeks after the announcement of the completion of pumping.

On December 15, 2024, two tankers carrying oil sank in the Kerch Strait. As a result, a crew member of one of the tankers died. In addition, an oil spill occurred, leading to catastrophic environmental consequences, according to a report from "Caucasian Knot" "Oil spill in the Kerch Strait". Materials on the consequences of the oil spill have been collected by "Caucasian Knot" on the page "Ecological disaster in Kuban".