Tragic Ice Accident in Kherson: Search for Missing Boy Continues

Divers have found the bodies of two children who fell through the ice in Kherson region. The search for the body of the third boy continues.

This was reported by the press service of the Kherson State Emergency Service.

"At night, divers of the Kherson Oblast State Emergency Service, using an underwater drone, managed to find and remove the bodies of two children from the water: A 9-year-old boy and a 14-year-old girl. The search for a 13-year-old boy is ongoing," the statement said.

Photo: press service of the State Emergency Service of Kherson region.

The tragic accident occurred on February 13 in the village of Dovhe, Beryslav district. Four children from the same family - two boys aged 13 and 9 and two girls aged 14 and 12 - were playing on the frozen surface of the Ingulets River. However, the ice was too thin to hold and all of them ended up in the water.

Photo: press service of the Kherson Oblast State Emergency Service.

A 16-year-old girl who was nearby saw this. Without hesitation, she rushed to help, but also fell under the ice. A local resident ran to the scene and managed to save the 16-year-old girl and a 12-year-old child.

Rescuers once again urge people not to go out on the ice, as the current weather makes it extremely dangerous. Parents are asked to warn their children about the deadly threat posed by frozen water.

And in Odesa region, in Bolhrad district, a 19-year-old partner of a 36-year-old woman severely beat her child. The three-year-old boy was taken to the hospital in an unconscious state, but he could not be saved.

Earlier, in Odesa, a 2.5-month-old girl was hospitalized in intensive care after being severely beaten by her own father. The man also beat his two-year-old son. Earlier, a 13-year-old girl died in one of the educational institutions of the Prymorskyi district of Odesa. It happened during the air raid alarm.

Андрій Колісніченко