Volunteers reported collecting one and a half tons of fuel oil in Vityazevo.

In two days, volunteers from the "Network, Sieve, Shovel" headquarters collected one and a half tons of fuel oil from the beach in Vityazevo.

As reported by the "Caucasian Knot," in just a few hours, volunteers from "Network, Sieve, Shovel" sifted sand and managed to collect 200 kilograms of fuel oil from the beach in Vityazevo.

On March 14, volunteers from the "Network, Sieve, Shovel" headquarters collected about one ton of fuel oil. "Selena area, Parus beach. Results of work on the easels: 390 square meters and 35 bags, or ~1,000 kg of fuel oil," reads a post on the "SSL Volunteers" Telegram channel.

Today, they also reported collecting approximately 500 kilograms of fuel oil. "Today's results: 300 square meters, 13 bags (~500 kg)," the post reads.

As a reminder, the beach lessee in the village of Vityazevo has begun adding a new layer of sand from quarries on a test site. This restoration experiment may subsequently be extended to other beaches in the emergency zone. Ecologist Evgeny Vitishko believes that such actions simply conceal the problem, but do not solve it. Representatives from Rospotrebnadzor took samples from Miracleon Beach in Vityazevo, which is being refilled with new sand, including samples of the imported sand itself. Telegram users emphasized that, as before, the results of the studies are unlikely to be made public. The latest government commission report does not contain specific data on the cleanup of the fuel oil spill and did not clarify the chances of opening Anapa's beaches, social media users noted.

The prospects for the 2026 summer tourist season in Anapa remain unclear: on February 4, Rospotrebnadzor head Anna Popova stated that the beaches of Anapa and the Temryuk district are still unsuitable for recreation following the fuel oil spill. Although she did not rule out that the situation could change by the start of the summer season, some bloggers believe that the official's words "put an end to the 2026 season." On February 15, social media users considered that the timeframe proposed by Rospotrebnadzor for reopening Anapa's beaches was unrealistic.

As a reminder, on April 18, 2025, Rospotrebnadzor declared 141 beaches in Anapa and nine beaches in the Temryuk district unsuitable for recreation.

On December 15, 2024, two tankers carrying fuel 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 the Caucasian Knot report "Fuel Oil Spill in the Kerch Strait".

Materials on the consequences of the fuel oil spill have been collected by the Caucasian Knot on the page "Eco-disaster in Kuban".