DEFIANT Ukrainians stuck two fingers up to Putin by enjoying a slice of normal life at a beach club.
Children slid down water slides and adults sipped cocktails in the scorching sunshine by the Dnipro river.
Children slid down water slides and adults sipped cocktails and bathed in the scorching sunshine by the Dnipro river[/caption]
Ukrainian gun boats patrol the nearby Dnipro river[/caption]
The summer high-jinks seemed a world away from the war — although the spot is only a short drive from the frontline.
Civilian Oleksii, 42, savoured a beer by the pool and said: “We can’t go to the seaside because the sea is occupied.
“But in the pool, with cold beer and beautiful girls, we can forget we are in a war zone.
“It gives you a chance to reset your mind.”
It came as Ukraine said it foiled a plot to kill President Volodymyr Zelensky in an airstrike.
The SBU intelligence service said it had arrested a woman accused of trying to uncover the Ukrainian leader’s movements and share them with the FSB — the Russian intelligence service.
Meanwhile, Russia claimed its troops had advanced two miles in three days, along the Kupiansk front in north-eastern Ukraine.
The scenes came as Ukraine said it foiled a plot to kill President Zelensky in an airstrike – which was linked to Putin’s intelligence service[/caption]
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