Fuel oil was found on the bottom at a depth of about 3 meters along the beaches of Anapa

Fragments of fuel oil were found on the bottom of the Black Sea at the base of the piers along the beaches of Anapa. This was reported on January 16 in the operational headquarters of the Krasnodar region.

"This is a dense mass that lies on the bottom at a depth of about 2.5-3 meters. Areas where underwater there may be fragments of fuel oil, found during air monitoring," - stated in the Telegram-channel.

It is specified that the fragments of fuel oil have caught on poles and beams and lay on the bottom. The presence of oil products at four sites under the piers confirmed divers Kuban-SPAS. They also determined the volume of slicks and worked out the technology of their collection for cleaning the seabed.

Kuban-SPAS second class lifeguard Alexander Fetchinkov shared that due to the low water temperature, the fuel oil is quite dense, which simplifies the cleaning process. According to him, "you can pick it up with your hands and mold it."

Earlier in the day, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that volunteers who are cleaning up the fuel oil spill in the Kerch Strait are given medical assistance when they need it.

Before that, on January 14, Russian President Vladimir Putin thanked the volunteers who are engaged in cleaning up the fuel oil spill. The head of state added that he expects the government commission to work actively to eliminate the consequences of coastal pollution.

"Izvestia" on January 15 showed how EMERCOM specialists laid a protective rampart around the tanker. An access technical road was built to the stern of the vessel within a day on the instructions of the head of the ministry Alexander Kurenkov. Savelyev told reporters that the bunding of the ship will be completed by the evening of January 16.

Tankers "Volgoneft-212" and "Volgoneft-239" due to bad weather crashed in the Kerch Strait on December 15, 2024. The incident resulted in a spill of oil products. 27 people were evacuated from both vessels, one person died. On the instructions of Russian President Vladimir Putin, a working group was set up to coordinate the work to eliminate the consequences of the emergency.

The press service of the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation said on January 2 that 2.4 thousand tons of oil products had fallen into the Black Sea after the crash of the tankers. Later, on January 3, an oil slick was found in Sevastopol at the entrance to Balaklava Bay. The next day, the fuel oil moved northward along the Crimean coast, and Sevastopol declared a regional state of emergency.