Kyiv, February 4, 2009.
In the video: boats in the sea, weapons, ship with pirates, pirates with weapons, helicopter cockpit, pilot with binoculars, helicopter in the sky, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, port.
Comment: Vitaliy Yukarev, head of the SOS Faina organization, on the amount of the ransom and the method of transferring money to the pirates; Mikhail Voitenko, editor of the Maritime Bulletin, confirmed the transfer of the ransom and the expected time of the sailors' release.
For reference: The cargo ship Faina, owned by the Panamanian company Waterlux AG, was hijacked by Somali pirates on September 25, 2008. The entire crew of 21 people, 17 of whom were Ukrainians, were taken captive. The ship was carrying weapons: T-72 tanks, multiple launch rocket systems, and firearms. On February 4, 2009, the pirates received the desired ransom of $3 million 22 thousand, and on February 13, 2009, the Faina and the entire crew returned to Ukraine.