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Governor Veniamin Kondratyev  (https://admkrai.krasnodar.ru/upload/iblock/d97/t5n8gpfw8vz4vuvaj2zqp2tfdtaylvtq.pdf) issued an order  warning of a potential emergency in the two cities. He attributed the spill to “accidents” involving vessels targeted by Ukrainian naval drones on Oct. 6.  The order calls for increased environmental monitoring and surveillance of potential industrial hazards. It also recommends that the regional branch of Russia’s Marine Rescue Service take measures to prevent oil from reaching the shoreline.  Fuel oil has already been found along roughly 500 meters of coastline near Novorossiysk, the city’s chief rescue official, Alexei Oderov,  (https://krd.gorod.space/vybrosy-mazuta-ubirayut-na-chernomorskom-poberezhe-u-novorossiyska/) said  .  Local residents have also  (https://t.me/lifeabrau/15538) reported  pollution on the shore. Olga Kotlyar, head of the Abrau-Dyurso rural district,  (https://t.me/lifeabrau/15543) appealed  for volunteers to help municipal workers clean up a beach.  Birds with reported chemical burns from petroleum products have been  (https://t.me/horizontal_russia/58587) found  in Gelendzhik and the nearby resort village of Arkhipo-Osipovka.  The satellite monitoring project Transparent World earlier  (https://t.me/twrussia/6437) reported  that an image taken overnight on Oct. 10 showed a large oil slick between Arkhipo-Osipovka and Novorossiysk.   news (https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2026/10/14/oil-covered-birds-found-along-russias-black-sea-coast-after-tanker-fire) (Oil-Covered Birds Found Along Russia’s Black Sea Coast After Tanker Fire) Oil-Covered Birds Found Along Russia’s Black Sea Coast After Tanker Fire  Read more    Over the following two days, the slick broke into smaller patches and spread as far as Anapa, the project said. It also  (https://t.me/twrussia/6438) identified  oil traces near Novorossiysk Bay and the Caspian Pipeline Consortium’s offshore loading facilities.  Transparent World linked the pollution to the Oct. 6 naval drone attack on the tanker Aframax Rio off Sochi. The vessel can carry up to 100,000 metric tons of oil, though its cargo at the time of the attack has not been independently confirmed.  The Mash Telegram channel, citing unnamed sources, reported that the tanker was fully loaded.  The attack triggered a major fire that blanketed Sochi in black smoke. The blaze was extinguished the following day.  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