The Ministry of foreign Affairs of Ukraine confirmed the data about the victim During an earthquake in Nepal Ukrainian citizen, he suffered a broken foot on Everest.
On Tuesday, the Ukrainian media said that one of the Ukrainians was damaged by an earthquake in Nepal.
"From the operational group of the Department of consular service the Ministry of foreign Affairs of Ukraine, who work in Kathmandu, the data obtained about the victim in the end of the earthquake the citizen of Ukraine who has a broken leg," said Tuesday the foreign Ministry.
Victim from climbing camps on Everest helicopter brought to Kathmandu and placed in a local clinic. After necessary medical examinations will determine the time and method of his return to his homeland.
according to the Ministry, as of eleven. 00 hours on 5 may, lists on evacuation 74 are Ukrainian, and more than ten foreigners who are planning to take the Ukrainian side.
The devastating earthquake of magnitude 7, 9 occurred in Nepal on the morning of 25 April. According to recent data, more than 7, 3 thousand people have lost their lives, more than 14 million received health damage During the earthquake and subsequent aftershocks. According to the Ministry of foreign Affairs of Ukraine, about 70 Ukrainians currently awaiting transportation to a safe place from Nepal.
Ukrainian Il-76 aircraft, aiming for transportation to a safe place people in the country from Nepal, currently stands in India. According to TV channel " 112 Ukraine ", the Nepalese authorities have given permission for landing a Ukrainian plane in Kathmandu.
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