Foreign Ministry: Musical instruments of artists who returned from Germany ahead of schedule sent to Ukraine

He said that the situation with two Ukrainian citizens, who could not stay in Germany because of the lack of money, was resolved on Friday.

"The Ukrainian Embassy in Germany provided financial assistance to them and ensured their departure to Ukraine. A truck with the props and musical instruments of the artists was sent to Ukraine on the same day. In addition, the driver of a bus that carried a group of artists remains in Germany. He was accommodated in an apartment rented by the embassy and provided with food. The bus requires some repairs, and when they are completed, he will be sent to Ukraine next week," Dykusarov said.

He also noted that another Ukrainian artist lives in an apartment of his friends in Berlin and plans to leave Germany using his own funds.

"The Ukrainian embassy is continuing to address the issue of repaying the debt to the group and is making every effort to resolve this issue," Dykusarov said.

It was reported earlier that members of the orchestra from Kharkiv Opera and Ballet Theater (45 artists) and Halytsky Academic Choir (100 people) spent two days on the streets in Berlin because of the disruption of their tour. On September 7, they were forcibly evicted from a hotel in Frankfurt (Oder).

The artists were expected to stay in Germany from August 29 to September 15 to perform at the Berlin Cathedral, but the organizers – a private German company – told the artists that a German bank refused to issue a loan to them, and the collective had no funds for accommodation and food in the hotel. For one day, the artists were under the tutelage of the Red Cross, and they were provided with food. Then the hotel, where the artists lived before, allowed them to spend a night and provided them with dinner and breakfast.

Early on Thursday, September 8, four buses with Ukrainian artists left Frankfurt (Oder) for Ukraine. Early on Friday, September 9, all of the four buses accompanied by traffic police arrived in Lviv, and 64 artists then left for Kharkiv.

Five Ukrainians, including a representative of the Ukrainian company that signed a contract with the bankrupt German company that organized the tour, remained in Frankfurt (Oder). Ukraine’s consul in Germany left for Frankfurt (Oder) to provide assistance to the Ukrainians.