The congestion occurred because of the large accumulation of trucks and cars that were bogged down in snowdrifts. According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, the police are taking measures to normalize the traffic on the roads, assisting the participants of the movement who have fallen into the drifts and can not get out of the snow.

With the help of special equipment siloviks extract heavy and bulky transport from ditches and are escorted to the parking lot of trucks, the message says..

Recall, as reported URA-Inform, the international airport "Zaporozhye" on Tuesday, January 23, suspended work because of heavy snow.

It was snowing all night in the city.

According to the airport management, on the eve, despite extremely difficult weather conditions, all flights arrived and were sent on schedule. However, because of blizzards this morning forced to take a break from work.