Seven fishermen disappeared in the Sea of ​​Azov

In the Sea of ​​Azov, searches are underway for seven fishermen, including three Russian citizens. As Interfax reports with reference to the press service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Ukraine, on December 1, three Russians, 20, 21 and 30 years old, went to sea. They went fishing from the Russian port of Azov on the boat "Amur" in the direction of the Taganrog Bay.

On December 3, the port administrator notified his Ukrainian colleagues about the disappearance of the fishermen. Until now, their fate remains unknown. Their relatives arrived in Mariupol.

On Friday, the search also began for two people who got out at sea on a motor boat of the Yuzhanka type from the recreation center "Mercury" in the village of Kirillovka, Zaporozhye region.

The fate of two fishermen who sailed from the shore from the village of Novopetrovka in the Berdyansk region on the Progress-4 motor boat also remains unknown.

The ice situation in the search areas is very difficult, piloting ships are carried out with the help of icebreakers.