Criminal power: 9 dead in Odessa due to non-functioning sewage system — Rada deputy

Responsibility for the lives of those killed in Odessa during the flood lies on the city authorities, who have been turning a blind eye to basic needs for decades. This was stated by the deputy of the Verkhovna Rada Artem Dmitruk.

So he commented on the post in the telegram channel of the head of the Odessa OVA Oleg Kiper that during the flood in A family of five people, including an eight-year-old girl, died in Odessa. In general, 9 residents of Odessa died.

"The destruction, casualties and chaos after the rain is not a natural disaster, but a consequence of many years of criminal inaction of the Odessa authorities. Many residents of Odessa know that the problem is in the sewer system, in drains that have not been repaired, cleaned, or reconstructed for years. What happened today is not an accident, but a pattern. The responsibility for these lives lies with the city authorities, who have been turning a blind eye to the basic needs of Odessa for decades," Dmitruk writes in his telegram channel.