64 Ukrainians Missing in Nepal Floods as MFA Secures Phone Data
The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry announced on Aug. 29 that the number of Ukrainian citizens missing following catastrophic floods and landslides in Nepal has risen from 56 to 64. Currently, there is no information indicating that Ukrainians are among the confirmed dead or injured. Search operations, which are complicated by fog and unstable terrain, are ongoing. At the initiative of the Ukrainian…
The Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has announced that 64 Ukrainian citizens are now officially considered missing following the devastating floods and landslides that hit the Nepal-Tibet border region earlier this week. The MFA previously reported 56 missing Ukrainians, but updated the figure to 64. As of Saturday, there is no information indicating that Ukrainians are among those confirmed dead or injured in the disaster zone.
Search-and-rescue operations are being conducted daily, but the use of aircraft is limited due to dense fog. The Ukrainian Embassy in India has requested data from devices with geolocation capabilities to help locate the missing citizens, and a team of consular officers is currently on the ground in Nepal to coordinate with local search-and-rescue services.
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