With more people swimming to escape the hot weather, 265 people drowned in Ukraine in the first three weeks of July

Wednesday, July 21, 2021

. This represents one third of all 808 water deaths so far this year. Last Saturday, Kyiv authorities banned all swimming on city beaches, due to heavy pollution and algae blooms.

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