VLADIVOSTOK , February 14A group of schoolchildren who found themselves on an ice floe in the waters of Vladivostok made it to shore themselves, said Deputy Head of Administration Dmitry Svitailo.
Earlier, a video appeared on social networks with five teenagers on ice in the water area near the Vladivostok embankment. There are moving ice floes around. Rescuers immediately went to the children.
““No children were found on the ice floe… According to eyewitnesses, the children left the ice on their own,” said Svitaylo, whose comment was given to reporters at the mayor’s office.
According to him, due to the destruction of the ice, rescuers notified the fishermen and everyone in the water area about the danger. People were taken out of the ice field.
«Information has been received about fishermen in the area of Cape Chumak who cannot return. An ice floe has broken off there too. Rescuers have been redirected there,» added Svitailo.
Earlier, weather forecasters reported that a significant increase in air temperature — up to +5 °C — and moderate southerly winds partially destroyed the fast ice in the Ussuri Bay. It drifts into the open part of Peter the Great Bay.