Russia’s Krasnodar Region Raises Alert as Oil Washes Ashore on Black Sea Coast
Authorities ordered closer monitoring and shoreline cleanup after fuel oil spread along the coast and polluted about 500 meters near Novorossiysk, officials said.
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Greenpeace reports another huge oil slick in the Black Sea following an attack on a tanker off Sochi’s coastline. Russia denies any pollution but has declared a h alert.
Krasnodar Krai is on heightened alert over a “possible spill of petroleum products.” Governor Veniamin Kondratyev signed the order on the evening of October 13. The document says naval drone attacks on vessels in the Black Sea “caused accidents,” creating a risk of an emergency in Gelendzhik and Novorossiysk.
Russia’s Krasnodar Region Raises Alert as Oil Washes Ashore on Black Sea Coast
Authorities in Russia’s southern Krasnodar region have raised the alert level in Gelendzhik and Novorossiysk over an oil spill after fuel oil washed ashore and satellite images showed pollution spreading along the Black Sea coast.
Because of the oil spill threat.
EADaily, 14 October 2026: In Gelenjik and Novo Russia, a state of high alert was introduced due to the risk of oil spillage following drone attacks on ships in the Black Sea, which was signed by the Governor of the Krasnodar region of Benjamin Condratiev.
The Governor of Krasnodarsk province, Venyamin Condratiev, introduced a high-alert alert regime in Gelenjik and Novo Russia due to the threat of spillage of petroleum products following attacks by non-coiled boats on ships; the high-alert regime was introduced for the forces of the unified State system for the prevention and elimination of the CS due to the accidents of 6 October as a result of the attacks of non-crewed boats on vessels in the B…
The Krasnodar region has introduced high-alert alerts following an attack by non-cylinder boats (BEC) off the Black Sea because of the threat of spillage of petroleum products.
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