The Tuapse administration and representatives of the Ministry of Emergency Situations did not allow female volunteers to participate in cleaning oil products on the coast. This was reported by a Kommersant correspondent who was present at a meeting between officials and volunteers.
The authorities interpreted the ban as “concern for women’s reproductive health” and requested that this demand be dealt with “with understanding.”
According to Kommersant newspaper, in response, some volunteers said they would “decide for themselves what to do with their reproductive health.”
Since mid-April, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have carried out drone strikes on Tuapse four times. The targets of the attacks were a local oil refinery and a marine terminal that forms a single complex with the refinery. Because of the fires, “oil rain” fell several times in the city, and oil stains were discovered in the river and sea.
On the territory of the Tuapse municipal district there is a regional emergency system. Rospotrebnadzor announced that after the fires in the city were eliminated, all tap water and atmospheric air samples “comply with sanitary standards.”
The authorities promised to clear the beaches of fuel oil by June 1, the beginning of the holiday season. Environmental scientists He thinksThis is an impossible task. According to experts, the coastline in the Tuapse region is polluted by emissions of petroleum products for about 60 km.