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Photo: released sailors (t.me/OP_UA)
The Ukrainian sailors captured off the coast of Nigeria in July 2020 were released. The crew members of the Curacao Trader have already returned to Ukraine.
This is stated in a message on the president’s website.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy welcomed the return of six Ukrainian sailors.
“Our sailors spent more than a month in captivity with pirates, but eventually they returned to Ukraine and will soon be reunited with their families. I want to thank our diplomats, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, who conducted difficult negotiations on the release of the captives. “, said.
Recall that on July 17, pirates attacked the oil tanker Curacao Trader off the coasts of Benin and Nigeria. A total of 13 crew members were captured, including Ukrainians.
According to updated information, the sailors were released on August 20 and on August 24 the Nigerian army handed them over to representatives of the Ukrainian embassy.
The attack took place off the coast of any recorded piracy in the Gulf of Guinea.
