Ukrainian serviceman dies in Congo

A serviceman of the 11th Separate Army Aviation Brigade, Senior Lieutenant Oleksandr Mulyavka, has died in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the brigade has reported on Facebook.

"We are deeply saddened to announce that a serviceman of the 11th Separate Army Aviation Brigade based in Kherson, Senior Lieutenant Oleksandr Ihorovych Muliavka, who was serving in the 18th separate helicopter detachment of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, tragically died on January 18, 2021," the report reads.

Global Firepower, an international company that annually compiles the ranking of the world's best armies, this year put Ukraine in 25th place among the world's most powerful armies.

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