01:03, 3 May 2026

The head of Tuapse announced the city's readiness to welcome tourists during the holiday season.

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According to the head of Tuapse, Sergei Boyko, the beach will be cleared of oil products by June 1st, and the city is ready to welcome tourists during the holiday season. He also stated that there is no abnormal increase in the number of hospital visits among local residents.

As reported by "Caucasian Knot", volunteers cleaning beach areas away from the city center stated that they are short of hands, as well as help from the authorities. Volunteers collecting oil from the coast of Tuapse and the surrounding area shared footage of their work on social media and reported a lack of assistance from authorities. Liquid petroleum products are trapped under the pebbles and are more difficult to collect than the thick fuel oil in Anapa, a volunteer noted.

Tuapse Mayor Sergei Boyko announced on May 2 that the city is ready to welcome tourists during the holiday season, and that the beach will be cleared of petroleum products by June 1, according to TASS.

He noted that the city has a long coastline, and "what happened on one beach will not affect other beaches." He added that the beach will be cleaned by June 1, "and people who come to our city will be able to use it."

Boyko also said that authorities are monitoring the health of city residents through calls to emergency services and hospitals. According to him, there is no abnormal surge or "super-calls," particularly with acute respiratory infections or breathing complaints.

He previously reported that the cleanup of the oil spill is ongoing, with work underway at three sites.

The fire at the oil refinery following the drone attack in Tuapse is the fourth in the past two weeks. The previous fire occurred on April 28, when residents were evacuated from the area surrounding the refinery. The governor of Krasnodar Krai announced the evacuation of approximately 70 people. The smell of burning from the third fire since mid-April caused by a drone strike can be felt beyond Tuapse, according to local residents. Some have left the city, fearing the health risks of combustion products. On the morning of April 30, authorities reported that the fire at the oil refinery had been extinguished.

On the night of April 20, a drone attack at the oil terminal in the port of Tuapse caused a fire that was extinguished only on April 24. During this fire, an "oil rain" occurred in the city. The fire at the marine terminal is dangerous due to the release of combustion products, which are carcinogenic and toxic. The "oil rain" reduced the level of harmful substances in the air, but led to soil pollution, environmentalists emphasized.

On the night of April 16, a drone attack in Tuapse killed a 14-year-old girl and an adult woman, and injured seven others. Sixty residential buildings and three public facilities were damaged, and five private homes were completely destroyed. There was also a fire at the seaport, which was extinguished on April 19. Residents of Tuapse reported that after the attack, "the whole sky was in smoke," and the smell of burning was felt throughout the city throughout the day.

On April 24, after the booms broke through An oil spill into the Black Sea occurred due to barriers created by rising water levels in the Tuapse River. Authorities declared the spill "local," but the oil products spread to nearby villages. Fuel oil spread over a large area, and cleanup is being done primarily by volunteers, local residents told the "Caucasian Knot" on April 26. Caucasian Knot has compiled materials about the consequences of the fuel oil spills in the Kerch Strait and Tuapse on the page "Eco-disaster in Kuban." Data on the scale of coastal pollution was collected by the Caucasian Knot in the reference material "Fuel oil spill in the Kerch Strait".

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