In the Zolotonoshsky district of the Cherkasy region, an ice floe broke off on the Dnieper River, on which there were eight people. They were carried about 200 meters from the shore.

It is reported by "

“On February 20, at 10:14, in the next shift of the operational coordination center, a message was received that in the water area of \u200b\u200bthe Dnieper River, near the village of Zhovnino, on an ice floe at a distance of 200 meters from the shore, there are 8 people who cannot independently reach the shore”.

To save people, several rescue teams left for the scene, including a special-purpose detachment of the Main Directorate of the State Emergency Service in the Poltava region and a water patrol of the police.

It is noted that as of 12:35 with the help of three inflatable boats of local fishermen, people were removed from the ice floe and taken to the shore under the escort of the search diving department..

No one needed medical attention.