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Sanitary Service has banned swimming on Kiev's city beaches
Last reviewed: 01.07.2025
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The Ukrainian sanitary station asks to stay away from the beaches. After the prohibited beaches of the sea coast, the turn has come to the capital. Since yesterday, swimming is prohibited on the city beaches of Kyiv. Deviations were found in 16 samples of river water. However, Kiev residents do not deviate from the course to the beach, the dirty water is knee-deep for people.
The kids go to the playground, the adults go to the pub, and then everyone goes to the beach. Together with the dog. Compact and dirty.
Kiev residents love to relax here. The beach on the lake in this residential area is ranked first in terms of pollution.
Pavel Levchuk has lived in this area all his life. He brought his daughter to show him the animals he played with as a child. He found only parasites.
"There used to be turtles here, then crayfish, now there are few crayfish left, the grass snakes have disappeared somewhere, turtles, so rats often swim along the shore, there may be pollution from rats," Pavel suggests.
However, the beaches were closed because of other organisms. The sanitary station says: the sun is to blame. It is hot, and bacteria multiply, so they had to ban swimming.
"Lactose is positive, and the bacteria are a general indicator of water pollution. If it gets worse, then in the future this can lead to a situation in which other flora can multiply, which can cause intestinal disorders and infectious diseases," explains Deputy Chief State Sanitary Doctor of Kyiv Yuliy Zhigalov.
The closure of Ukrainian beaches began last week. There are already taboos in the waters of Crimea, Zaporozhye, Donetsk, Nikolaev and Odessa regions. That is why Kyiv vacationers are taking the ban philosophically.
"The water is dirty everywhere, and dead fish were also jumping out onto the shore at the Sea of Azov," says one of the vacationers.
They clear away trash and even dive.
"When we come back from the beach, we always give some anti-allergic and anti-inflammatory medications, just in case," says vacationer Natalia Karpenko.
The sign with the ban has been hanging here for several years now, because rats and parasites swim in the water. Ukrainians see this, but believe in their invincible immunity. They believe that after many years of hardening, this infection will not stick to them.