4 Ukrainian citizens were among those captured when a helicopter went down in Somalia this week
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Ukraine’s foreign affairs ministry says that four of its citizens were among those captured by al-Qaida-linked extremists in Somalia after their helicopter that was contracted by the United Nations made an emergency landing in territory controlled by t...
NAIROBI, Kenya -- Ukraine's foreign affairs ministry says that four of its citizens were among those captured by al-Qaida-linked extremists in Somalia after their helicopter that was contracted by the United Nations made an emergency landing in territory controlled by the militants earlier this week.
Officials say the helicopter was brought down after al-Shabab militants attacked it on Wednesday, killing one person and abducting the other passengers.
“Our citizens were members of the helicopter crew of the United Nations Mission in Somalia that crashed,” said Oleh Nikolenko, spokesman for the Ukrainian foreign affairs ministry said Friday in a Facebook post.
The helicopter belongs to a Ukrainian private company, which executed a contract for transport on the order of the United Nations, he said.
Along with the Ukrainians, there were also five foreigners on board, Nikolenko said, without giving their nationalities.
