A beach brawl broke out in war-ravaged Odesa when two bikini-clad women clashed and wrestled each other to the ground.
One media outlet claimed the battle was over the playing of Russian music in Ukraine‘s leading Black Sea resort during the war.
There is a ban on the public playing of Russian music in Ukraine due to Vladimir Putin‘s illegal invasion, although the exact reason for this free-for-all was not confirmed.
The video begins with two women pulling their hair and throwing punches at each other. The scene then descends into a mass brawl as others join in on the melee.
Several of them fall to the ground in the commotion, but the brawl keeps on going.
Two men in swimwear can be seen approaching them to stop the fight and yank them off each other.
Meanwhile, from another angle, two men can be seen getting into a separate altercation after one tries to pull the other from the brawl.
Their fight only stops when another beachgoer steps in between them.
The fighting came as passions flared during a beach respite from the war, which has seen daily drone or missile strikes on Odesa.
During the commotion, a man calmly pushes his bike across the beach as several other beachgoers gather to watch the fight.
The opposition-leaning Strana news outlet claimed that ‘the conflict arose because of Russian music’.
A report stated: ‘Holidaymakers fought on a beach in Odesa after a song in Russian was played.’
The surrounding region was attacked yet again overnight.
Odesa region has faced more than 700 Russian attacks during the war, which began in February 2022.
At least 131 civilians were killed and more than 312 were wounded.
