Head of the National Police of Ukraine Ihor Klymenko urges Ukrainians not to gather in large groups when visiting cemeteries on memorial days and to wear protective masks.
“Of course, we won’t hold back people if someone wants to go [to the cemetery on funeral days],” Klymenko said in an exclusive interview with Interfax-Ukraine.
The head of the National Police noted that the local authorities should explain to people the mandatory observance of the “mask regime” and try not to allow setting tables in cemeteries.
That is, according to Klymenko, we are not talking about a ban on visiting cemeteries. “As a rule, large families go to the cemetery on memorial days, but this time let one or two people go. So that there is no mass gathering of people, as it usually happens on these days, especially in the countryside,” the head of the National Police said.
According to him, local authorities, priests will ask people to be is masks and not to gather in groups. “The police will intervene in the situation only in exceptional cases,” he explained.
“When we work together, then the state will hear its citizens, and citizens will hear the state. We learn to listen and hear each other,” concluded Klymenko.
