Food And Water Running Out On Faina

Food And Water Running Out On Faina
KIEV, Ukraine -- The situation on the Faina, a ship seized by Somali pirates, is critical, as reserves of water, food and fuel, including diesel fuel for the ship's generators, will last less than 30 hours, Channel 5 reported on Oct.22, with reference to Verkhovna Rada Human Rights Commissioner Nina Karpachova
Karpachova is currently in Kenya neighboring Somalia, and she spoke with the vessel's crew on Tuesday, according to the channel.She said that the situation on the Faina remains tense, however, the sailors are standing firm and their health is satisfactory."The Ukrainian authorities are now waiting for an answer from representatives of the parties involved in this conflict. They have been asked to render quick assistance to the Faina, in particular, to deliver water, food and diesel fuel," reads a channel statement.Meanwhile, the Segodnia newspaper reported on Wednesday that those working for it had managed to contact one of the pirates by satellite phone.The pirate said that his leader Mohammed is now out and that he would not hand over the phone to the crew, adding that the ship's crew might soon die."Everything is very bad with the crew, there is no water and food on the ship," the newspaper quoted the pirate as saying in very bad English.Another conversation, reads the statement, lasted longer."Tell everybody that the crew will die. Possibly, tomorrow," the pirate said.