(VOVworld) – Two Russians have been kidnapped by gunmen in Sudan's Darfur region, said the Russia-24 TV station on Tuesday. The two Russians are pilots working for UTair, an airline contracted by the international peacekeeping mission there. UTair confirmed two of its employees had been seized in the town of Zalingei last Thursday when a minibus of the UN-African Union peacekeeping mission in Darfur (UNAMID) was blocked by six cars. The Russian Embassy in Sudan confirmed the kidnapping last Thursday. The UN mission in Sudan is working with the local government on ways to free the Russian hostages.