It is reported that the work is taking place in extremely difficult conditions – low temperatures and heavy snowfall.
The body of one dead man, born in 1971, was brought to the surface by rescuers.
“The location of the probable flooding was established after a video appeared that showed a car drifting on the ice and at a certain moment disappearing under water. Rescuers cut the ice and, using an underwater drone, established that the car was at a depth of more than four meters,” the report said.
The operation was extremely difficult, the State Emergency Service in the region emphasized.
So, on the reservoir the ice was very thick, and under water there was almost zero visibility through a thick layer of silt.
Rescuers cut out the ice meter by meter, and divers worked almost blindly.
“With the help of a cable and a winch, the car was dragged under the ice almost from the middle of the reservoir, a hole was cut and pulled ashore,” the report says.
The second man was not found inside the car, so search efforts continue.
