Vitishko criticized the dumping of clean sand on a section of the beach in Vityazevo.

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In Vityazevo, work to restore clean sand to a kilometer-long stretch of beach continues. Based on the results, decisions will be made regarding other areas of the emergency zone. Ecologist Yevgeny Vitishko believes that such actions simply conceal the problem, but do not solve it.

As reported by the "Caucasian Knot," the beach lessee in the village of Vityazevo has begun adding a new layer of sand from quarries to a test site. This restoration project may subsequently be extended to other beaches in the emergency zone, the Kuban emergency response headquarters reported on February 25.

On March 2, the Krasnodar Krai task force reported on the work to fill a kilometer-long experimental stretch of beach in Vityazevo with clean sand. Based on the results, decisions will be made regarding other areas in the emergency zone.

According to Vyacheslav Krylenko, a senior researcher at the Shirshov Institute of Oceanology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the sand being filled on the beach is "similar to that found on the beaches of Anapa," but it lacks seashells. "This is a drawback. But the sea will make up for this deficiency over time," he noted.

Krylenko also added that many decisions regarding the beach fill are being made on the fly. "We'll create a monitoring group that will monitor continuously. If anything goes wrong, we'll adjust the technology and add water channels so the water drains properly," the scientist concluded.

Ecologist Yevgeny Vitishko stated on March 2 that it was too early to open beaches in Anapa. He noted that volunteers in the Bugayskaya Spit area showed that fuel oil was still present, but now there was also "unaccounted for palm oil and paraffins that had spread along the coast."

Volunteers from the "Dolphins" headquarters reported on February 21 that the coast in the village of Volna was polluted by palm oil emissions. In two days at the end of February, they collected 380 bags of oil.

He called the decision to cover the shore near Vityazevo with sand a "profanation." Vitishko believes that this doesn't solve the problem, but rather conceals it.

On December 15, 2024, two tankers carrying fuel oil sank in the Kerch Strait. A crew member of one of the tankers died as a result. 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".