Defiant Ukrainians stick two fingers up to Putin as they strip to bikinis & enjoy cocktails at beach club near frontline

DEFIANT Ukrainians stuck two fingers up to Putin by enjoying a slice of normal life at a beach club. Children slid down water slides and adults sipped cocktails in the scorching sunshine by the Dnipro river. Defiant Ukrainians stuck two fingers up to Putin by enjoying a slice of normal life at a beach club – which is just a short drive from the frontline Dan CharityChildren slid down water slides and adults sipped cocktails and bathed in the scorching sunshine by the Dnipro river[/caption] Dan CharityUkrainian gun boats patrol the nearby Dnipro river[/caption] The summer high-jinks seemed a world away from the war — although the spot is only a short drive from the frontline. Civilian Oleksii, 42, savoured a beer by the pool and said: “We can’t go to the seaside because the sea is occupied. “But in the pool, with cold beer and beautiful girls, we can forget we are in a war zone. “It gives you a chance to reset your mind.” It came as Ukraine said it foiled a plot to kill President Volodymyr Zelensky in an airstrike. The SBU intelligence service said it had arrested a woman accused of trying to uncover the Ukrainian leader’s movements and share them with the FSB — the Russian intelligence service. Meanwhile, Russia claimed its troops had advanced two miles in three days, along the Kupiansk front in north-eastern Ukraine. APThe scenes came as Ukraine said it foiled a plot to kill President Zelensky in an airstrike – which was linked to Putin’s intelligence service[/caption]