The Ministry of foreign Affairs of Ukraine informs that as of Thursday morning failed to make contact with 40 Ukrainians, who are obliged to stay in Nepal, where there was a powerful Earthquake.

"Continues the positive trend of increasing the number of Ukrainians who came to us after a natural disaster - as of today the number of our compatriots, which failed to establish connection, is 40 (days ago similar happened 65) ", - is informed in the report of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of Ukraine on Thursday morning.

Still, according to the foreign Ministry in Nepal have the opportunity to be in total 196 Ukrainians. In addition, yesterday from remote areas of Nepal were brought 20 Ukrainians.

according to the Embassy of Ukraine in India, the Ukrainian Il-76 aircraft for refueling and technical training for the flight to Kathmandu.

according to the foreign Ministry, five Residents of Ukraine were evacuated on the first day of the week the Polish plane, eleven Ukrainians on Wednesday were evacuated in the capital of Russia, seven more were able to leave Nepal on their own. In General about 50 Ukrainians expressed a desire to leave the country.

An earthquake of magnitude 7, 9 occurred in Nepal on the morning of 25 April. The epicenter was located 82 kilometres North-West of the capital Kathmandu, the center lies at a depth of fifteen kilometers. A day later Nepal again shocked by a series of aftershocks, the magnitude of the most powerful of which was 6, 7. According to the summary data, the victims of the earthquake were more than 5, 6 thousand people.

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