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{{Short description|Hijacked container ship}}
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|Ship image = [[File:Ukrainian merchant vessel MV Faina.jpg|300px|MV ''Faina'' as observed from the guided-missile cruiser {{USS|Vella Gulf|CG-72|6}}]]
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|Ship name =*1978: ''Vallmo''<ref name=Miramar>{{cite web | url =http://www.miramarshipindex.org.nz/ship/list?search_op=OR&IDNo=7419377| title = Vallmo | work = Miramar Ship Index | publisher = R.B.Haworth | access-date = 7 October 2008 }}</ref>
*1983: ''Matina''
*1985: ''Loverval''
*2003: ''Marabou''
*2007: ''Faina''
|Ship owner = Waterlux AG<ref name="Equasis"/>
|Ship operator = Tomex Team<ref name="Equasis"/>
|Ship registry =*1978: {{flagicon|Sweden}} Sweden
*1991: {{flagicon|Luxembourg|civil}} Luxembourg
*1996: {{flagicon|Panama}} Panama
*(unknown): {{flagicon|Belize}} Belize
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'''[[Merchant vessel|MV]] ''Faina''''' ({{langx|uk|Фаїна}}) was a [[roll-on/roll-off]] [[cargo ship]] operated by a [[Ukraine|Ukrainian]] company that sailed under a [[Belize]] [[flag of convenience]],<ref name=Xin>{{cite news | url = http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-09/29/content_10130741.htm | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080929202140/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-09/29/content_10130741.htm | url-status = dead | archive-date = 29 September 2008 | title = Confusion looms over ownership of seized Ukrainian military cargo | agency = [[Xinhua News Agency]] | date = 29 September 2008 | access-date = 29 September 2008}}</ref><ref name=vesseltracker>{{cite web | title = Faina | publisher = Vesseltracker.com | url = http://www.vesseltracker.com/en/Ships/Faina-7419377.html | access-date = 4 October 2008}}</ref><ref name=foc>{{cite web |author=Center for Investigative Reporting | title = Hiding behind the flag | publisher = Frontline World |date=January 2004 | url = https://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/spain/belize.html | access-date = 4 October 2008}}</ref> owned by [[Panama City]]-based Waterlux AG,  and managed by Tomex Team of [[Odesa]], Ukraine.<ref name="Equasis">{{cite web | url = http://www.equasis.org/ | title = FAINA: Ship info | access-date = 4 October 2008 | publisher = Equasis}}</ref>

On 25 September 2008, the ship was captured by [[Piracy in Somalia|Somali pirates]] allegedly under the orders of piracy kingpin [[Mohamed Abdi Hassan]], in the twenty-sixth such attack in 2008.<ref name=sun>{{cite news|url=http://www.sundayherald.com/international/shinternational/display.var.2453784.0.0.php |title=Pirates call all the shots |work=[[Sunday Herald]] |access-date=29 September 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081001002509/http://www.sundayherald.com/international/shinternational/display.var.2453784.0.0.php |archive-date=1 October 2008 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://foreignpolicy.com/articles/2013/11/04/the_rise_and_fall_of_somalia_s_pirate_king?page=full | title=The Rise of Fall of Somalia's Pirate King | author = James Bridger | publisher = Foreign Policy | date = 4 November 2013 | access-date = 5 November 2013}}</ref>
The ''Faina''{{'}}s crew (at the time of capture) consisted of 17 Ukrainians, three [[Russia]]ns and one [[Latvia]]n. On 28 September, Viktor Nikolsky, [[Chief Mate|first mate]] on the ''Faina'', said that Vladimir Kolobkov, the ship's Russian [[Captain (nautical)|captain]], had died from a [[hypertension]]-related [[stroke]].<ref name=sky>{{cite news | url = http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Crew-Member-On-Ukrainian-Ship-Hijacked-Off-Coast-Of-Somalia-Dies-Says-Fainas-Captain/Article/200809415108746?lpos=World_News_First_Home_Article_Teaser_Region_4&lid=ARTICLE_15108746_Crew_Member_On_Ukrainian_Ship_Hijacked_Off_Coast_Of_Somalia_Dies%2C_Says_Fainas_Captain | title = Pirates Demand Ransom Of Millions | publisher = [[Sky News]] | date = 28 September 2008 | access-date = 29 September 2008}}</ref><ref name=NYT>{{cite news | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/29/world/africa/29pirates.html?ref=world | title = Tensions Rise Over Ship Hijacked Off Somalia | last = Gettleman | first = Jeffrey | author-link = Jeffrey Gettleman | date = 28 September 2008 | work = [[The New York Times]] | access-date = 29 September 2008}}</ref><ref name=celebrate>{{cite news|url=http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5igGmlfz-K3g6EyC2vN8yK10vpCugD93H9K500 |title=Pirates say they celebrated Muslim holiday on ship |last=Hassan |first=Mohamed Olad |date=30 September 2008 |agency=Associated Press |access-date=30 September 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081003164259/http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5igGmlfz-K3g6EyC2vN8yK10vpCugD93H9K500 |archive-date=3 October 2008 }}</ref> On 5 February 2009 it was announced that a ransom of US $3.2 million had been paid to the pirates, and the ship was released the next day.<ref name="Release">{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7871510.stm |title=Somali pirates 'free arms ship' |date=5 February 2009 |access-date=5 February 2009 |publisher=[[BBC News]]}}</ref>

== Hijacking ==
[[File:MV Faina - pirates.jpg|thumb|left|A photograph taken on board {{USS|Howard|DDG-83|6}} showing Somali pirates in small boats after hijacking MV ''Faina''.]]
[[File:MV Faina.jpg|thumb|left|The crew of MV ''Faina'' stands on the deck after a U.S. Navy request to check on their health and welfare.]]

On 25 September 2008, the ''Faina'' was hijacked<ref>{{cite news | url = http://coordination-maree-noire.eu/spip.php?rubrique542 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081123092722/http://coordination-maree-noire.eu/spip.php?rubrique542 | url-status = usurped | archive-date = 23 November 2008 | title = Faina - september 25th, 2008 - Hinbarwaqo, Somalia | date = 25 October 2008| publisher = Coordination maree noire | access-date = 25 October 2008}}</ref> by approximately 50 [[Piracy in Somalia|Somali pirates]]<ref name=sun/><ref>{{cite magazine | first = Nick | last = Wadhams | title = Somali Pirates' Unexpected Booty: Russian Tanks | url = http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1844914,00.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080927161128/http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1844914,00.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = 27 September 2008 | magazine = [[Time (magazine)|Time]] | date = 26 September 2008 | access-date = 28 September 2008}}</ref> calling themselves the Central Regional Coast Guard.<ref>{{cite news | first = Jeffrey | last = Gettleman | url = http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/09/30/q-a-with-a-pirate-we-just-want-the-money/ | title = Q. & A. With a Pirate: "We Just Want the Money" | work = The New York Times | date = 30 September 2008 | access-date = 4 October 2008}}</ref> The ship was allegedly heading to [[Mombasa]], [[Kenya]], from Ukraine with 33 [[Soviet Union|Soviet]]-made [[T-72]] [[tank]]s, weapons (including [[rocket-propelled grenade]]s and [[Anti-aircraft warfare|anti-aircraft guns]])<ref name=sun/> and ammunition on board, when it was seized.<ref>{{cite news | first = Jeffrey | last = Gettleman | title = Somalia Pirates Capture Tanks and Global Notice | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/27/world/africa/27pirates.html?em | work = The New York Times | date = 26 September 2008 | access-date = 28 September 2008}}</ref> The pirates said they were unaware of the ship's cargo before they captured it.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080930/NEWS07/80930082 |title=Pirates' spokesman: We want money, not arms |date=30 September 2008 |work=[[Detroit Free Press]] |access-date=1 October 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081002134636/http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20080930%2FNEWS07%2F80930082 |archive-date=2 October 2008 }}</ref> However, the pirates claim that documents found on board indicate that the arms cargo was destined for [[Juba, Sudan|Juba]], [[South Sudan|Southern Sudan]], instead of Kenya, as originally understood.<ref name=Xin/> The claim was confirmed by U.S. Navy and several other intelligence groups, although the Kenyan government denies the allegation.<ref name=givingup/>

The pirates demanded a ransom and had threatened to blow up the ship, along with the pirates themselves and the ship's crew, if the ransom was not paid.<ref name=sky/><ref name=ultimatum>{{cite news | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7664767.stm | title = Pirates threaten to blow up ship | work = BBC | date = 10 October 2008 | access-date = 11 October 2008}}</ref>
The ransom amount was reported as US$35 million, US$20 million, US$8 million, and US$5 million in the weeks following the capture.<ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/us-destroyer-guardsship-seized-by-pirates-945385.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081205084820/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/us-destroyer-guardsship-seized-by-pirates-945385.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = 5 December 2008 | title = US destroyer {{sic|guard|sship|nolink=1}} seized by pirates | date = 29 September 2008 | work = [[The Independent]] | access-date = 29 September 2008}}</ref><ref name=8mil>{{cite news|url=http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5igGmlfz-K3g6EyC2vN8yK10vpCugD93LHVA00 |title=Somali pirate says ransom reduced |date=7 October 2008 |agency=Associated Press |access-date=7 October 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081012083610/http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5igGmlfz-K3g6EyC2vN8yK10vpCugD93LHVA00 |archive-date=12 October 2008 }}</ref> The threat was later withdrawn.<ref name=dropthreat>{{cite news|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/10/15/somalia.pirates.ap/ |title=Somali pirates drop threat, resume negotiations |date=15 October 2008 |work=[[CNN]] |access-date=15 October 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081018132655/http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/10/15/somalia.pirates.ap/ |archive-date=18 October 2008 }}</ref>
The pirates initially set a course for the pirate haven of [[Eyl]], but instead anchored near the village of Hinbarwaqo after the  [[United States Navy|U.S. Navy's]] {{sclass|Arleigh Burke|destroyer}} {{USS|Howard|DDG-83|2}} caught up to them.<ref name=ecoterra>{{cite news | url = http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/78934 | title = 30 Days MV FAINA Piracy Crisis – Background by Ecoterra | publisher = American Chronicle | date = 25 October 2008}}</ref> Supplies of fuel for electrical generation were accepted on board, and food and drinking water were later delivered to the ship.{{cn|date=April 2023}}

The ''Howard'' engaged the ''Faina'' in pursuit within several hundred yards to stop the unloading of the cargo by the pirates.<ref name=Xin/><ref name=USN1>{{cite web|url=http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=40045|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081002135506/http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=40045|url-status=dead|archive-date=2 October 2008|title=USS Howard Monitoring MV Faina|first=This story was written by Commander, U. S. Naval Forces Central Command/5th Fleet Public|last=Affairs}}</ref> Later, the [[Ticonderoga-class cruiser|''Ticonderoga''-class missile cruiser]] {{USS|Vella Gulf|CG-72|2}} and other U.S. warships joined the ''Howard'' and surrounded the ''Faina'' with the [[Navy of Russia|Russian]] missile frigate {{ship|Russian frigate|Neustrashimy||2}} patrolling the Somali coast.<ref name=sky/><ref name=givingup>{{cite news | url = http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5igGmlfz-K3g6EyC2vN8yK10vpCugD93J14PG0 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081005165353/http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5igGmlfz-K3g6EyC2vN8yK10vpCugD93J14PG0 | archive-date=5 October 2008 | title = Hijackers off Somalia show no sign of giving up | author = Mohamed Olad Hassan | agency = Associated Press | date = 3 October 2008 | access-date = 4 October 2008}}</ref><ref name=USN2>{{cite web|url=http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=40096&page=4|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110522210536/http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=40096&page=4|url-status=dead|archive-date=22 May 2011|title=Several U.S. Ships Join Mission to Monitor Faina|first=This story was written by Commander, U. S. Naval Forces Central Command/5th Fleet Public|last=Affairs}}</ref>

American helicopters<ref name=AP>{{cite news|url=http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5igGmlfz-K3g6EyC2vN8yK10vpCugD93GL6EG0 |title=U.S. Navy watches seized ship with Sudan-bound tanks |last=Kennedy |first=Elizabeth A. |date=29 September 2008 |agency=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=29 September 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081002101947/http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5igGmlfz-K3g6EyC2vN8yK10vpCugD93GL6EG0 |archive-date=2 October 2008 }}</ref> and other aircraft flew over the ''Faina''.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5igGmlfz-K3g6EyC2vN8yK10vpCugD93FSFT00 |title=Somali pirates want $20M ship ransom; crewman dies |last=Hassan |first=Mohamed Olad |date=28 September 2008 |agency=Associated Press |access-date=29 September 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081001105031/http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5igGmlfz-K3g6EyC2vN8yK10vpCugD93FSFT00 |archive-date=1 October 2008 }}</ref> Warships from the U.S. Navy and other navies [[blockade]]d the MV ''Faina'' in a port off Somalia's [[Indian Ocean]] coast.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5ihiCUqAF4ZNT_8sWoX3MNdUAzzZg |title=US Navy plays waiting game with surrounded Somali pirates |date=1 October 2008 |agency=[[Agence France-Presse]] |access-date=1 October 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081005145345/http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5ihiCUqAF4ZNT_8sWoX3MNdUAzzZg |archive-date=5 October 2008 }}</ref> However, pirates wanted to unload small weapons from the cargo near Hinbarwaqo, even while warned not to do so by surrounding naval ships.<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/africa/article4842684.ece | title = Islamists plunder weapons from hijacked ship in Somalia | last = Crilly | first = Rob | date = 29 September 2008 | work = [[The Times]] | access-date = 29 September 2008}}{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

Three of the hijackers were reportedly killed during a gunfight between rival pirates.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.eastandard.net/InsidePage.php?id=1143996017&cid=4 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081004061158/http://www.eastandard.net/InsidePage.php?id=1143996017&cid=4 |url-status=usurped |archive-date=4 October 2008 |title=Three pirates shot dead in ship hijack drama |date=30 September 2008 |work=[[The Standard (Kenya)|The Standard]] |access-date=30 September 2008 }}</ref> This report was denied by the pirates, who said that they were celebrating [[Eid ul-Fitr]], and were "happy on the ship" and were "celebrating",<ref name=celebrate/> but a US defence official said that the military believed three people had been killed in the row on the ship, which has been under close surveillance.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/sep/30/somalia.ukraine |title=Three shot dead in row between Somali pirates, monitors say |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=30 September 2008 |last=Sturcke |first=James |access-date=5 July 2015}}</ref>

=== International reactions ===
Russia, Somalia, Ukraine, the United Kingdom, the United States, and [[NATO]] cooperated to try to recover the ship.<ref name=sky/> Kenya said that it would refuse to cooperate or negotiate with the pirates.<ref name=sky/><ref name=nato>{{cite news|url=http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5igGmlfz-K3g6EyC2vN8yK10vpCugD93N579O0 |title=NATO to send ships as Somali pirates ease demands |date=9 October 2008 |agency=Associated Press |access-date=9 October 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081013180553/http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5igGmlfz-K3g6EyC2vN8yK10vpCugD93N579O0 |archive-date=13 October 2008 }}</ref>

This incident and further hijackings renewed international efforts to stem Somali piracy. On 7 October 2008, because of the rise in hijackings—besides the ''Faina'', some eleven other vessels were hijacked—the [[United Nations Security Council]] adopted [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 1838|resolution 1838]], which "''calls upon all states interested in the security of maritime activities to take part actively in the fight against piracy on the high seas off the coast of Somalia, in particular by deploying naval vessels and military aircraft.''"<ref name=UN>{{cite news|url=http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jxzBM8B5jScl8Wirb9gP7aMZ-A0g |title=New Somalia piracy resolution adopted at UN |date=8 October 2008 |agency=Agence France-Presse |access-date=10 October 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081201095821/http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jxzBM8B5jScl8Wirb9gP7aMZ-A0g |archive-date=1 December 2008 }}</ref> NATO authorized a force of frigates to patrol Somalia's waters, India fired on a pirate ship, and the coast of Somalia was to be blockaded by navies of many nations.

[[Puntland]] Minister of Fisheries [[Ahmed Said Aw-nur]] advocated storming the ''Faina'' with European or American commandos, saying, "[a] military operation has to be taken."<ref name=NYT/> On 1 October, [[Mohammed Jammer Ali]], the acting Somali Foreign Minister, said, "[t]he international community has permission to fight with the pirates."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5igGmlfz-K3g6EyC2vN8yK10vpCugD93HU3182 |title=Somalia: World can use force against the pirates |last=Hassan |first=Mohamed Olad |date=1 October 2008 |access-date=2 October 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081004112403/http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5igGmlfz-K3g6EyC2vN8yK10vpCugD93HU3182 |archive-date=4 October 2008 }}</ref> The Somali insurgency group [[Al-Shabaab (Somalia)|Al-Shabaab]] advised the pirates to "either burn down the ship and its arms or sink it" if the ransom was not paid.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5iD-AOo_tEeALdsa8JBdV0kE5Hpaw |title=Somali Islamists tell pirates to destroy Ukrainian arms ship |date=2 October 2008|agency=Agence France-Presse |access-date=3 October 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110520174539/http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5iD-AOo_tEeALdsa8JBdV0kE5Hpaw |archive-date=20 May 2011 }}</ref>

===Hostage revolt===
On Tuesday, 9 December 2008, the pirates holding the ship and its crew hostage told the AFP that two of the hostages had unsuccessfully tried to revolt against the pirates the previous Monday. This revolt was put down shortly after, and the spokesman for the pirates reported that they would take "serious punitive measures" against the crewmembers.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7773884.stm "Pirates 'put down hostage revolt'"], [[BBC]], 9 December 2008</ref> However, the account of the pirates concerning the revolt was disputed by Mikhail Voitenko, a writer for the Russian ''Sovfracht Maritime Bulletin'', who called the story a "canard" and "threat" that was meant to cover for the capture by American forces of two of the pirates from the ''Faina'' who were heading for shore, and the failed bid of the pirates to convince the intermediaries and the ship owner to speak to the Americans and gain the captured pirates' release.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=13362503&PageNum=0|title=No mutiny onboard Faina seized by Somali pirates |publisher=[[Information Telegraph Agency of Russia]]}}</ref>

=== Release ===
On 5 February 2009 the MV ''Faina'' was released after being held captive for 5 months. The remaining crew of 20 were freed along with the ship and were reported by the Ukrainian presidency as being healthy and safe. A ransom of US$3,200,000 was paid on 4 February 2009 by the ship's mysterious owners. The pirates left the vessel early the next day, stating that the release had been delayed for one hour, but the ship was eventually released.<ref name="Release" /> The ship arrived at its destination, the [[Kilindini Harbour|Port of Mombasa]], on 12 February 2009, where the cargo was unloaded.<ref>Daily Nation, 14 February 2009: [http://www.nation.co.ke/News/-/1056/530336/-/u2ey0y/-/index.html Arms ship's full cargo revealed]</ref>

An inquiry by the Kenyan parliamentary Defence and Foreign Relations Committee failed to determine the destination of the cargo. The chairman of the committee [[Adan Keynan]] criticised the [[Ministries of Kenya|Kenyan Ministry of Defence]] for non-cooperation and secret-keeping.<ref>The Standard, 23 December 2009: [http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/news/InsidePage.php?id=1144031030&cid=159& No answer on ‘MV Faina’ arsenal query]</ref>

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== References ==
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