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Taken UN Pilot Appeals for Help in Al-Shabaab Video: Reports

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Video has surfaced claiming to be of a Ukrainian and United Nations (UN) pilot who was captured by terrorist group Al-Shabaab when his helicopter made an emergency landing in Somalia. Footage of the helicopter pilot appealing to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and the UN for help was first reported by local media in Somalia on December 14, 2025. According to Garowe Online, a hostage appeal by the helicopter pilot, Oleynik Aleksandr, was …
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Somali Guardian broke the news in on Sunday, December 14, 2025.
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