Olha Travina, director of the Department of Social Protection of the Population at the Zakarpattia Regional Military Administration, reported this in a comment to Ukrinform, according to Ukrinform.

“Today, a commission from the Regional Military Administration is working in Bereznyky to inspect the conditions at the state enterprise ‘Artek Zakarpattia.’ We have not received any official complaints—we learned about the scandal surrounding ‘Artek Zakarpattia’ from social media. The camp is located within the region but is not funded by the regional budget. It is a branch of the state-owned enterprise ‘Artek,’ which has been granted temporary use of the building of the former ‘Choven’ sanatorium for the duration of martial law,” Travina said.

According to her, the commission includes representatives from the Transcarpathian Regional State Administration’s departments of social protection and health care, as well as the State Emergency Service and the State Food and Consumer Service.

The Regional State Administration promised to report on the results of the inspection at a later date.

Travina also added that children from frontline regions and the Kyiv region are currently vacationing at the camp. Their stays are free—the costs are covered by the state budget.

As previously reported, parents of children from Vyshneve in the Kyiv region—who were sent to the state-run “Artek” camp in Zakarpattia for recuperation following the Russian strike on July 6—have complained about inadequate living conditions. According to them, the camp has problems with sanitary conditions, the state of the facilities, the number of restrooms, and the attitude of the staff.

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Following this, the Ministry of Social Policy, Family, and Unity initiated an inspection of the conditions for the children at “Artek” in Zakarpattia. The inspection is being conducted by the National Social Service of Ukraine.

In turn, the Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights, Dmytro Lubinets, sent letters to the head of the Transcarpathian Regional State Administration and the head of the Main Directorate of the National Social Service in Transcarpathian region, demanding that they determine who authorized the camp to open under conditions unsuitable for children.

Illustrative photo: Transcarpathian Regional State Administration