Ukrainian flag raised above world’s highest volcano

Ukrainian flag raised above world’s highest volcano

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Ukrainian climbers have hoisted the national flag on the top of the world’s highest volcano Ojos del Salado in the Andes.

Oleksandr Orishko, one of the expedition participants, posted this on Facebook, VIDIA reports.

"Our team - Oleksandr Orishko, Denys Peskov, Yuri Havrilyuk and Andriy Ierko – has climbed the world’s highest volcano Ojos del Salado which has a height of 6,872 meters," the climber wrote.

Ojos del Salado is the highest volcano in the world located in the Andes on the Argentina-Chile border. It is also the second highest mountain in the Western Hemisphere.

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