In the Odessa region, vegetable oil that entered the Black Sea after the attack on the port of Chernomorsk on April 26, 2026, polluted about 100 thousand square meters of the coast of the Tozlovsky National Park. This was announced by Ivan Rusev, Doctor of Biological Sciences and Head of the Research Department of the Tozlovsky Estuary National Nature Park. According to him, after the impact, satellite monitoring documented the spread of vegetable oil in the Black Sea within the national park. The waves carried him to the sandy beach, including into a protected area. Initially, the contaminated area was about 10 thousand square meters. However, on October 26, after a strong easterly wind, another release of oil occurred on the beaches and sandy beaches of the park. According to Rusev, by the evening of October 26, the total contaminated area had increased significantly and reached almost 100 thousand square meters. He noted that the pollution has a negative effect on the vulnerable bacterial communities on the sandy coastline of the national park.

In the Odessa region, vegetable oil that entered the Black Sea after the attack on the port of Chernomorsk on April 26, 2026, polluted about 100 thousand square meters of the coast of the Tozlovsky National Park. This was announced by Ivan Rusev, Doctor of Biological Sciences and Head of the Research Department of the Tozlovsky Estuary National Nature Park. According to him, after the impact, satellite monitoring documented the spread of vegetable oil in the Black Sea within the national park. The waves carried him to the sandy beach, including into a protected area. Initially, the contaminated area was about 10 thousand square meters. However, on October 26, after a strong easterly wind, another release of oil occurred on the beaches and sandy beaches of the park. According to Rusev, by the evening of October 26, the total contaminated area had increased significantly and reached almost 100 thousand square meters. He noted that the pollution has a negative effect on the vulnerable bacterial communities on the sandy coastline of the national park.