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Two crew members of the Crimean-registered Nord fishing vessel seized in Ukraine have managed to flee to Belarus, using Russian-issued passports.

The two men on the morning of April 19 registered at Kyiv International Airport for a flight to Belarus as citizens of Russia and presented Russian passports issued by the Consulate General of Russia in Ukraine’s Kharkiv when going through passport control, the press service of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine said.

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