The consuls of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine in Hamburg and Nigeria are taking measures for the release of the Ukrainian citizen, who has been kidnapped from the board of BBC Caribbean vessel by pirates in the territorial waters of Nigeria.

"Consuls in Hamburg and Nigeria are taking measures for the release of the captured citizen of Ukraine, the BBC Caribbean crew member," the Consular Service of the Ukraine's Foreign Ministry said on Twitter.

Earlier, the Russian Embassy in Nigeria reported on the abduction of seven Russian sailors and one Ukrainian sailor by pirates: "In the territorial waters of Nigeria a pirate attack has taken place on a BBC Caribbean ship. Seven Russian citizens and one citizen of Ukraine have been kidnapped from the board of the BBC Caribbean ship subjected to a pirate attack."