After the journalists' publications, the Odesa OVA decided to consult with scientists to build fortifications

The Department of Capital Construction and Roads of the Odesa Regional State Administration has signed a memorandum with the Kyiv Scientific Research Institute of Forensic Expertise of the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine to ensure transparency, professionalism, and legality in the implementation of projects for the construction of fortifications in the region.

This was reported by the press service of the JFO.

They also emphasized that officials and scientists held the first joint meeting. It should be noted that the day before, Ivan Rusev, an employee of the Tuzly Estuaries National Nature Park, accused the region's leadership of senselessly installing some fortifications. He was talking about tetrapods that were installed on the coast, which is the territory of the national park.

The fact is that, just like in Chornomorsk, the fortifications of the Tuzly Estuaries are sometimes completely covered with sand. During the war, the installation of tetrapods on the seashore within the Tuzly Estuaries National Nature Park was intended to protect against possible enemy sabotage and reconnaissance groups or landing parties.

"A few months ago, these tetrapods were installed on the sand, but they did not take into account the opinion of coastal experts - where exactly they should be installed so that they could fulfill their function and the sea would not bury them. And such world-renowned experts are very close to OVA - at the Odesa National University named after I. I. Mechnikov. I.I. Mechnikov at the Faculty of Geology and Geography. But, as we learned personally from professors of coastal science Yuriy Shuisky and Halyna Vykhovanets, no one has ever asked them for an elementary expert opinion," Ivan Rusev emphasized.

Earlier, the Center for Public Investigations wrote that in Odesa region, in late spring 2024, concrete defenses - tetrapods- began to be installed on the Black Sea coast. In total, 2.7 billion hryvnias were allocated for all fortifications in the region. A few months later, the tetrapods were dragged into the sand. On November 10, it was reported that the contractor's construction equipment had finally begun to remove the fortifications from the sand.

Кирило Бойко