In Odesa region, 2 million square meters of seabed surveyed in search of missing boy

Divers of the State Emergency Service have surveyed 2 million 64.3 thousand square meters of seabed in Chornomorsk, Odesa region, in search of Igor Andreika, who disappeared on the beach on July 28.

This was reported by the press service of the Main Directorate of the State Emergency Service in Odesa Oblast.

They have also searched 1,145 kilometers of the coast, but the boy's body has not been found. On July 28, there was a storm in Chornomorsk, but people continued to swim. Ihor Andreyko disappeared, and two people died on the beach that day. The mayor of Chornomorsk, Vasyl Gulyayev, said at the time that rescuers pulled 50 people out of the water that day, including 10 children.

Rescuers began searching for the boy on July 29. Due to the weather conditions - strong winds and large waves - it was impossible for the diving department to conduct search operations on July 28. Therefore, the search began in the morning. However, the boy's body was not found.

On August 15, Igor Andriyko's father announced his intention to go on a hunger strike near the local police station. He positioned the hunger strike as a protest against the inaction of the police of Chornomorsk and Odesa region and local authorities, accusing them of saying that only divers of the State Emergency Service were looking for the boy. The man said that he would perceive all attempts to prevent him as an attempt by local authorities to hide their negligence in ensuring the safety of vacationers on the beaches, as well as by the police to hide their inaction in the search.

In the end, the police announced the boy's whereabouts on August 22, and the hunger strike did not take place. He is approximately 164 centimeters tall, thin, with short and dark hair, brown eyes, a birthmark on the left side of the head below the hair, a birthmark on the back near the left shoulder blade, and three stripes of scars on the back below the shoulder blades.

Кирило Бойко