North Ossetian authorities have deemed children's vacation in Tuapse dangerous.

The head of North Ossetia ordered that children from the republic not be sent to camps in the Tuapse District and that alternative placements be found. The task force reported collecting over 30,000 cubic meters of water-oil mixture on the coast.

As reported by the "Caucasian Knot," oil slicks remain in the sea near Tuapse, according to a satellite image. Social media users reported on May 17 about oil spills on a beach near the seaport, and authorities announced a competition to analyze seawater samples from 13 beaches throughout the summer.

At a staff meeting, the head of the republic, Sergei Menyailo, ordered that children not be sent to camps on the Black Sea coast due to potential environmental problems from the oil spill, the newspaper "North Ossetia" reports.

Previously, authorities planned to organize vacations for nearly 4,000 children from North Ossetia on the Black Sea coast, including camps in the Tuapse district. Alternative vacation spots are currently being selected for the schoolchildren, the Telegram channel "Ossetia-ae" reported.

The head of the Tuapse Municipal District, Sergei Boyko, today published a report on his meeting with Rashid Ismailov, head of the Russian Ecological Society and chairman of the Public Expert Council for the national project "Environmental Well-Being." According to the official, after inspecting the beaches, an ecologist concluded that all environmental risks have been mitigated and expressed confidence that the resort season in the area will continue. "Vacationers will also be accommodated at children's health resorts located in the municipality," Sergei Boyko wrote in a Telegram post.

The Krasnodar Krai Operational Headquarters reported that 30,838 cubic meters of contaminated soil and water-oil mixture had been collected and removed from Tuapse as of May 18.
 
365 people and 75 pieces of equipment, including from the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations, are involved in the work, the report states.

A series of attacks on Tuapse's oil infrastructure has led to environmental consequences, according to the "Caucasian Knot" report "Fires and 'oil rains': the main news about the environmental disaster in Tuapse".

Throughout the Tuapse Okrug, href="https://www.kavkaz-uzel.eu/articles/422818">a regional emergency regime is in effect. You can read about emergency assessment criteria, response levels, structures, and resources for eliminating the consequences in the Caucasian Knot's document "Emergency Situation Regime (ES)".

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