kyiv.Ukraine.Ukraine Gate – December 6,2021- In the Zakarpattia region of Transcarpathia, dozens of rescuers are searching for a tourist lost in the mountains, the search operation continued over the weekend, and the search resumed Monday morning, Natalia Batyr, spokeswoman for the Department of the State Emergency Service reported.
According to her, 6 mountain search and rescue departments of Uzhhorod, Mukachevo, Irshava, Mizhhirya, Nizhny Gate, Pylypets were involved in the search – a total of 30 people and 7 units of equipment. Five volunteers are also helping the searchers.
According to Batyr, the search continues in the area of the Runa mountain meadow in the Uzhhorod district in the Perechyn region.
According to her, three men who were riding snowmobiles near Mount Polonyna Runa on Saturday lost their bearings and got lost . On Saturday evening, December 4, more than 25 rescuers and volunteers launched a search operation. The next day, two of the group of tourists got in touch and said they were at a camp site in Lumshory.