Thus, a ship with a Ukrainian crew was arrested in the port of Syria. The Embassy of Ukraine and Lebanon together with relatives began to work together on the return of our sailors. The team could return only after it was replaced by another crew.

Further, the task was to replace the crew with a new one, the return of Ukrainians and their documents, the issuance of visas in Syria, the granting of permission for repatriation, the transfer to the border with Lebanon. The ship itself was blocked in the Syrian port of Tartus due to the debts of the shipowners.

Ukrainians did not receive wages for half a year, the connection with relatives and friends was also limited. All 10 Ukrainian citizens were successfully planted in the airport of Beirut and flew to Kiev, where they were reunited with their families.

As reported in the "URA-Inform", recently in Spain detained a dry cargo ship with Ukrainians on board.