MOSCOW, February 3. /TASS/. Experts have reported new traces of oil on the beaches of the Krasnodar Region following a spill caused by a tanker accident in the Kerch Strait, the region’s operational headquarters said on its Telegram channel.

"Early on February 3, the monitoring teams detected some minor oil traces in the coastline areas assigned to the Mostovsky district and Krasnodar [working groups]," the message reads.

The report further noted that workers will first remove oil located near the water, then specialists and volunteers will conduct careful beach-cleaning operations, such as sand sifting.

On December 15, the Volgoneft-212 and Volgoneft-239 tankers were caught in a storm in the Kerch Strait area of the Black Sea. Emergency services reported that the tankers carried approximately 9,200 tons of fuel oil, of which about 2,400 tons leaked into the Black Sea.