In the Cherkasy region, local residents reported a terrible discovery to the police.. The bodies of two children were found in one of the local ponds.

This was reported by the press secretary of the Main Directorate of the State Service for Emergency Situations in the Cherkasy region, Yulia Norovkova, in a comment to Suspilny.. Now all the circumstances of the incident are being clarified by law enforcement officers..

According to police information, the emergency occurred on March 6 in the village of Yurkovka, Palansky territorial community, Uman district.

" The rescuers received a message about the incident from police officers,” noted the press secretary of the State Emergency Service in the Cherkasy region.

The bodies of the minors, aged five and six years old, were taken to shore by boat and handed over to the police.. Now law enforcement officers are establishing the circumstances of the tragedy.

Let us remind you that in the village of Gradenitsy, in the Odessa region, on February 21, three children aged 11 to 13 years fell through the ice. They were pulled out of the water, but unfortunately one child died. According to preliminary data, two boys and a girl came to the pond to play, went out onto the ice and fell through.