Yesterday, on July 24, 105 Ukrainian peacekeepers returned home after completing the UN mission in Liberia, ForUm learned from the Defense Ministry press service.
"This is a staff of 56-th separate helicopter unit of the Armed Forces of Ukraine of the 16th rotation and the representatives of the task force," the statement specifies.
The pilot-navigator of the helicopter detachment Lt. Col. Mukhailo Shur shared his impressions of the peacekeeping mission.
"It is my third mission to the African continent.- he said. - At this time I was lucky to be in Liberia during the dry season. The previous two missions, which passed in the rainy season, were more severe. We had only one consolation: our technique worked perfectly. However, the targets were saturated: to be in the air for 5-6 hours a day, sometimes more," he said.
