Bolstered by fresh snow, Bukovel, Ukraine’s largest mountain resort, opens this weekend for skiing and snowboarding. “We invite you to the Ukrainian Carpathians,” Bukovel director Oleksandr Shevchenko writes on Facebook. “There is no virus here, just fresh air.” Actually, Ivano-Frankivsk region has recorded 36,434 coronavirus cases since mid-March. It is not known if ski areas will be affected by the general lockdown, forecast for late December.
Bolstered by fresh snow, Bukovel, Ukraine’s largest mountain resort, opens this weekend for skiing and snowboarding.
