Crimea's Occupation Administration Opens 340 Beaches Amid Environmental Disaster

In Crimea, on the eve of the tourist season, the occupation administration announced the opening of more than 340 beaches after a large-scale environmental disaster in the Black Sea. All this is an attempt to create the illusion of "peaceful life"

This was reported by the National Resistance Center.

The so-called "head of Crimea" Sergei Aksyonov reported on the allegedly cleaned beaches, opened tourist routes and the expected increase in the flow of tourists. However, the situation is fundamentally different, as the CNS reported: after the tanker accident in the Kerch Strait, a large-scale fuel oil leak occurred, causing an environmental disaster. The shores are still polluted, and the health hazards are obvious.

Nevertheless, the occupation authorities announced the opening of more than 340 beaches, without recognizing the real scale of the pollution.

"This is not restoration, but an attempt to keep the picture of "peaceful life" for the domestic audience of the Russian Federation. In reality, it is dirt, risks and a failed season," the post reads.

The National Resistance Center urged not to succumb to manipulations: a trip to the occupied Crimea is not a vacation, but a direct danger. In addition, the Crimean bridge remains a legitimate military target, and the entire tourist infrastructure is at risk of new attacks.

The accident in the Kerch Strait became known on December 15. The shipwreck occurred near Cape Panagia in the Temryuk district of Krasnodar Territory, in the southwest of the Taman Peninsula, 12 kilometers from the village of Taman. It is the eastern entrance to the Kerch Strait from the Black Sea. According to official data, both tankers could have been carrying about 8,000 tons of oil products.

Later, a concentrated oil slick was spotted in the Sea of Azov, which as of January 11, 2025, was located just 10 kilometers south of the tip of the Berdiansk Spit, had an approximate area of 300 square kilometers and stretched for almost 100 kilometers along the Bilosaray Bay.

Later, it became known that the number of dolphins killed as a result of the invaders' tanker accident and fuel oil spill in the Kerch Strait reached 84.

Odesa ecologists also discovered that jellyfish poisoned by fuel oil are dying en masse on the coast of Odesa region. Thus, on a two-kilometer stretch of coastline, they counted 2-3 jellyfish per meter of sand, and about 5,000 individuals in total. There were even more of them in shallow water areas, but it was not possible to count their number.

On March 27, a meeting of the city commission on technogenic and ecological safety and emergencies was held in Odesa to discuss the issue of coastal pollution by oil residues.

Ірина Глухова