The Ukrainian sailors of the Galaxy Leader cargo vessel, who were captured by Yemeni Houthis on 19 November 2023 in the Red Sea, were evacuated on 22 January 2025 by Ukrainian intelligence officers with the support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine.

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The operation was conducted under the directive of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. The sailors were detained during the seizure of the cargo ship Galaxy Leader in November 2023. Negotiations for their release had been ongoing ever since.

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The Iran-backed Yemen-based Houthi militia has released the crew of the Galaxy Leader cargo ship, more than a year after it seized the vessel as part of a maritime blockade in the Middle East during Israel's war in Gaza.

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Dave Heindel, ITF’s seafarers’ section chair and president of the US-based Seafarers International Union (SIU), said: “Guaranteeing safe passage through the Red Sea for all commercial ships must be the next step – we urge the Houthis to give this assurance immediately.