On Nov. 11 India's rescuers found a Ukrainian retired colonel of the Ukrainian air force, Ihor Tabaniuk, who had madean emergency landing on a paraplane in mountainsin the north of India five days earlier, according toa statement by the press service of the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
"The Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs reports that on Nov. 11 at about 04:00 [Kyiv time] the rescue operation completed successfully and Ukrainian citizen Ihor Tabaniuk was found. The operation was organized by the Defense Ministry of India and India’s private rescue firms in consortium with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs," the statement reads.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Petro Poroshenko coordinated the actions of the Ukrainian official structures on organizing within shortest possible time the rescue operation in India.
The pilot’s relativesturned to the Ukrainian Embassy in India on Nov. 8. Ihor Tabaniuk is undergoing medical treatment. He said his condition is satisfactory.
