MOSCOW, February 28. /TASS/. Experts have reported new signs of oil in the two coastline areas 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 28, the monitoring teams detected several minor oil traces in the two coastline areas assigned to the districts of the Krasnodar Region," the message reads.
The report further noted that workers found oil on the beaches of Dzhemete and near the Cultural and Health Center Premiera in Anapa.
On December 15, the Volgoneft-212 and Volgoneft-239 tankers were caught in a storm in the Kerch Strait area of the Black Sea. One sailor died, while the others were rescued. 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. Authorities divided the affected area along Russia’s Black Sea coast into 41 sectors to conduct the clean-up operation. The main remediation effort has been largely completed, but occasionally workers continue to detect oil at various locations.