Ukrainians captured by pirates in Gulf of Guinea freed - Kuleba

Ukrainians, crewmembers of the container ship MSC TALIA F, captured by pirates on March 22, are already at large, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has reported on Twitter.

"I am glad to finally announce: our sailors are already at large, safe and will soon leave for home!" he wrote.

Kuleba recalled that pirates captured seven Ukrainian citizens, crewmembers of the MSC TALIA F, in the Gulf of Guinea on March 22.

He said that Ukrainian consuls, the Embassy of Ukraine in Nigeria and the ship's owner were working together to release the Ukrainians.

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