In Odesa, the staff of the municipal enterprise «Odesmisksvitlo» are working to restore the external lighting network on the Health Trail, which was damaged due to vandalism.
Law enforcement has documented the theft of automatic switches, damage to cable lines, and the theft of terminal box covers from poles. This has disrupted internet connectivity and surveillance camera operations.
The losses incurred by the enterprise exceed 50 thousand UAH.
At the end of last year, a similar act of vandalism was recorded on the Health Trail, where unknown individuals damaged the equipment of 10 poles, stole automatic switches and covers, and ripped out cables.
The Odesa city council appeals to residents and visitors to treat the community property with care. If you witness vandalism, please report it by calling: 102 (police).
Intentional damage and destruction of municipal property carry criminal liability.
Liability for damage to municipal property under the Criminal Code of Ukraine
1. Intentional destruction or damage to someone else's property that causes significant harm is punishable by a fine of up to fifty (850 UAH) non-taxable minimum incomes of citizens, or community service for a period of 120 to 240 hours, or corrective labor for up to two years, or restriction of freedom for up to three years, or imprisonment for the same period.
Article 296. Hooliganism1. Hooliganism, i.e. gross violation of public order out of evident disrespect for society, accompanied by particular audacity or exceptional cynicism, is punishable by a fine from five hundred (8500 UAH) to one thousand (17000 UAH) non-taxable minimum incomes of citizens, or arrest for up to six months, or restriction of freedom for up to five years.2. The same actions committed by a group of individuals are punishable by restriction of freedom for up to five years or imprisonment for up to four years.
