No Russian music, — Kiper reacts to the scandal in the Odesa club

Oleg Kiper reacts to the scandal with Russian music in a club in Odesa. Photo: Odesa Regional Military Administration

The head of the regional military administration, Oleh Kiper, responded to the incident that took place in one of Odesa's nightclubs, where Russian music was played during a party.

«No Russian music — neither in clubs nor in other public places! Odesa is a city that suffers from Russian attacks almost every day. And at this time, songs by Russian artists are played in a nightclub. And this is in the fourth year of a full-scale war. While our defenders are giving their lives, someone is having fun with the soundtracks of the aggressor country, despising the memory of the dead,» wrote Oleh Kiper.

The official said that he had instructed the relevant departments of the RMA to conduct an inspection and provide a legal assessment of the institution's actions. The organisers of the event must explain how this could have happened in a city that is officially recognised as a war zone.

«Odesa is a Ukrainian city. For those who have forgotten, let us remind you,» the official said.

As noted by «RBC-Ukraine», the day before, a DJ played a song by a Russian artist in front of an audience of more than a thousand people at the Palladium club, which caused a wave of outrage among visitors and on social media.

To recap, law enforcement officers brought a resident of Mykolaiv to administrative responsibility for listening to Russian music in public.