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Russia-Ukraine war: 28 crew of stranded Bangladeshi vessel call for help
Left devastated by the death of a fellow sailor before their eyes, 28 surviving Bangladeshi crews of the ill-fated ship are making desperate calls for evacuation from the port of Olvia in war-torn Ukraine.
The video calls for help got louder on Thursday, a day after Md. Hadisur Rahman, third engineer of Bangladesh Shipping Corporation (BSC) vessel Banglar Samriddhi, were killed in a rocket attack on Wednesday.
The stranded crew members have sent video messages through social media seeking help to their loved ones in Bangladesh from the war-torn region.
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In a 27-second video, a sailor Rabiul Alam said, “I am the second engineer of Banglar Samriddhi. Our ship came under a rocket attack and we lost one of our crew members. We are now running on emergency power supply as there is no power in the ship. We are on the verge of death.”
“We have not been rescued yet. Please save us. We did not get help from anyone. Save us,” he cried.
Another crew Asiful Islam called for their immediate rescue through a video saying that the information that they were going to a safer place was incorrect.
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