Odesa Oblast Military Administration and Odesa City Council decided not to open beaches in the oblast during the summer season.
This was reported by the head of Odesa Oblast Military Administration Maksym Marchenko.
"It should be remembered that the war is still going on, and the occupiers are launching missile attacks on the oblast, killing civilians. And large gatherings of people anywhere are potentially very dangerous. That is why security measures work in shopping centers, there are curfews and other restrictions. This also applies to visiting beaches and swimming," said Marchenko.
He added that people who do not comply with security measures and ignore the demands of the administration die on the beaches from enemy mines thrown ashore.
- Currently, part of the beaches can be mined. There are corresponding plates on them. On June 11, in Odesa oblast, on the beach in the village of Hrybivka, a man from Donetsk oblast, who came to the beach with his family despite the ban, was blown up by a mine in the sea.
- On June 27, the Odesa City Council announced that they would create safe areas for vacationers on the cityʼs beaches, because despite the danger, the flow of people on the beach is increasing, and the police and municipal guards cannot cope with such a large number of people. But on July 2, another vacationer blew himself up with an unidentified explosive device while swimming in the sea on a beach in Odesa region. Another swimmer was injured.