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Search Intensifies for Missing Ukrainian Intern as New Evidence Emerges

Following discovery of her personal effects, authorities have established a fixed coordination post to direct all ongoing search efforts.

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Overview

  • Investigators recovered her cellphone, passport and a note with phone numbers from her room at the Meditur tourist village on July 7.
  • Surveillance footage captured Mariia Buhaiova leaving the resort and walking toward a service road parallel to the Brindisi-Bari superstrada.
  • Carabinieri have begun analyzing phone call logs and cell-tower data to reconstruct her movements after she vanished on July 4.
  • Search operations involve the Prefettura di Brindisi, Carabinieri, Protezione Civile, Croce Rossa and Lega Navale using drones, boats and canine units.
  • Authorities have not ruled out voluntary departure and continue updating her parents in Ukraine through diplomatic channels.