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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
Paola Chiomante, Dasha Afanasieva and Daina Beth Solomon

Stuck in Mexico, Ukrainian man scours social media for missing dad in Mariupol

Ukrainian citizen, Valerii Gorpenko, checks his phone during an interview with Reuters at a seaside resort in Playa del Carmen, Mexico March 25, 2022. REUTERS/Paola Chiomante

Instead of enjoying the turquoise seas and white sands at one of Mexico's top beach resorts, Valerii Gorpenko mostly stays in his hotel, scouring social media for word of his elderly father, who is missing in the besieged Ukrainian city of Mariupol.

Stranded on vacation on Mexico's Caribbean coast when Russia invaded Ukraine, Gorpenko, 47, has now spent more than three weeks without hearing from the 72-year-old Vladimir Gorpenko.

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