Three Ukrainian beachgoers have been killed by sea mines while swimming off the Black Sea coast. A man died when a device exploded 50 metres from the shore near the resort of Karolino-Bugaz, in the Odesa region, at 11.30am local time on Sunday, Ukrainian media reported.

Since the war began in 2022 the Black Sea around the Russian and Ukrainian coast has become a dangerous place for shipping and bathers as sea mines have been heavily deployed, and a number of unexploded mortars and aerial bombs have been recovered by Ukrainian bomb disposal experts near beaches.