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Four Ukrainians on UN helicopter that was seized by Somali militants

Four Ukrainians on UN helicopter that was seized by Somali militants

FOUR Ukrainians were on a United Nations helicopter seized by al Shabaab militants in central Somalia this week, Ukraine's foreign ministry said. The U.N.-contracted chopper with nine aboard was conducting a medical evacuation when a technical problem forced it to land near Hindhere village, an area controlled by the Islamist group. "Our citizens were members of the helicopter crew of the UN Mission in Somalia ... Their identities have been established," Ukrainian spokesman Oleh Nikolenko wrote on Facebook. He said the aircraft belonged to a private Ukrainian company contracted to the United Nations, and that the government was contacting it to…
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Ukrainians face homelessness, disease risk as floods crest from breached dam

Ukrainians face homelessness, disease risk as floods crest from breached dam

UKRAINIANS abandoned inundated homes as floodwaters crested across a swathe of the south after the destruction of a vast hydroelectric dam on the front line between Russian and Ukrainian forces that each blamed on the other. Residents waded through flooded streets carrying children on their shoulders, dogs in their arms and belongings in plastic bags while rescuers used rubber boats to search areas where the waters reached above head height. Ukraine said the flood would leave hundreds of thousands of people without access to drinking water, swamp tens of thousands of hectares of agricultural land and turn at least 500,000…
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Ukrainians in Kherson wait for loved ones to cross frontline river

Ukrainians in Kherson wait for loved ones to cross frontline river

ANTHONY DEUTSCH and ANNA VOITENKO UKRAINIAN families waited in the bitter cold for their loved ones to cross from the Russian-held bank of the Dnipro River to Kherson, a city that since Ukraine recaptured it from Russian forces last month has been under heavy shelling. Military officials in the southern Ukrainian region of Kherson on Saturday warned fighting in the area could intensify and said they would temporarily lift a ban on crossings to help the evacuation of citizens on the Russian-occupied territory on the east bank. Under the three-day amnesty which began on Saturday, Ukrainians living in villages across the river…
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