Volunteers in Kuban have been clearing nets from storm-damaged waves.

Protective nets after the storm are scattered along the shore in Anapa and the Temryuk district; in some places they are covered with sand, in others they are at the water's edge and could be carried out to sea, bloggers reported. Volunteers from the "Nets, Sieve, Shovel" headquarters spent today cleaning nets on the Bugayskaya Spit.

As "Caucasian Knot" reported, the environmental consequences of the fuel oil spill in the Kerch Strait have not been eliminated even a year after the tanker disaster, scientists and authorities in Kuban acknowledged. The government commission coordinating the cleanup of the fuel oil spill in the Kerch Strait reported that more than 90% of the spilled oil product has been collected. An Emergency Ministry spokesperson reported that all three cofferdams had been installed, and 29.6 kilometers of protective embankments had been constructed along the coast to protect the beaches. On January 1, after a severe storm, bloggers reported new fuel oil spills and partial destruction of the protective embankments.

Volunteers from the "Net, Sieve, Shovel" headquarters reported that on January 1, they cleared the shoreline on the Bugayskaya Spit of protective nets that had been covering the protective embankment. According to them, the wave was partially washed away, and the nets had to be removed to prevent them from being carried out to sea, according to a message on the headquarters' Telegram channel.

Blogger Yuri Ozarovsky reported on his Telegram channel today that the wave had been restored on the beach near Zolotoy Bereg. "They continue to save the sea," he wrote.

"There is no wave left at all on the beach near the dolphinarium. "Only protective nets are scattered," he also reported.

"A minimum 2-meter-high embankment is needed, keep an eye on this," commented blogger Max Anapsky. "It's very sad, but some of the nets will be carried out to sea by the next storm," he added in another message.

On April 18, 2025, Rospotrebnadzor declared 141 beaches in Anapa and nine beaches in the Temryuk district unsuitable for recreation. Signs informing about the ban on swimming have been installed there, and announcements about this are also displayed on video screens in various districts. Anapa.