Garbage washed up on sea coast may contain explosives - Humeniuk

In the piles of debris and garbage that washed away from the Kakhovka Reservoir and are now washing up on the coast, including Odesa, there may be dangerous objects. The debris can only be removed after an explosive ordnance disposal inspection.

Natalia Humeniuk, head of the joint press center of the Operational Command South, said during the nationwide United News telethon, Ukrinform reports.

"The most important thing everyone needs to remember is that with any impulses of goodwill, we must remember about safety. And remember that in the piles of garbage, even in the debris of land that drifts and is brought to the sea coast, among the remains of household items, any structures, there may be dangerous items demolished from positions, BC field depots, defensive strips that the Russians have set up on the Left Bank. Anything can be there. We do not guarantee that these are only anchor mines that you can recognize accurately, they can be the same "petals" - insidious and dangerous. At the slightest touch, they explode, the explosion is powerful. You can't even organize the collection of the garbage that washed up on the shore on your own. You need to contact specialists - pyrotechnics, explosives experts - to examine the area, and only after they give their opinion, you can turn on the goodwill and clean the coast," said Humeniuk.

As reported, as of the morning of June 11, the Kakhovka reservoir had lost almost 15 cubic kilometers of water, which is 70% of its volume.