In Volnjansky district of Zaporozhye region residents blocked the highway Kharkiv-Simferopol in protest against the disconnection of water supply to their settlement “of the debt that they are not to blame.”

As the correspondent of Agency “Interfax-Ukraine” eyewitnesses, at the moment, in the village of Lucerne volnjansky district of Zaporozhye region on the highway Kharkiv-Simferopol was formed transport congestion because the roadway was blocked by the villagers Bogatyreva, who are outraged by a 3-day absence of water in his village.

As noted by the protesters, their village was disconnected from the water supply because of debts, the formation of which they are supposedly not guilty, and the local utilities.

Residents Bogatyrevka noted that they intend to block the road as long as the water supply in their locality would not be renewed .

In social networks already there are photos from the place of overlapping of the route “Kharkiv-Simferopol” with a massive traffic jam of trucks.

Arrived on the scene, the police are trying to negotiate with the residents about the resumption of traffic on the highway. While official reports on the event law enforcement has not yet been done.