The Ukrainian peacekeeping helicopter detachment remains the only one that performs flights to evacuate the local population in the area of \u200b\u200bvolcanic eruptions in the Congo, according to the TV channel "

Residents of areas located near the Nyiragongo volcano, which began to erupt on the evening of May 22, were in danger.. On May 29, another volcano erupted, which is smaller in size and is located 13 km north of the first.

In one day, a Ukrainian helicopter squadron managed to transport two hundred people to shelters.

In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, near the city of Goma, the eruption of the second volcano, Murara, began a week after the Nyiragongo volcano began erupting lava.