More than 100 Thais living in Ukraine are being evacuated from the country, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced yesterday.
The Thai embassy reports that approximately 90 Thais arrived at the help center in Lviv on Sunday, with 43 arriving from the Ukrainian capital city of Kyiv.
Of the 148 Thais living in the capital city of Kyiv, 102 have been safely evacuated. Forty choose to remain with their families in the capital city.
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Those evacuated were expected to travel to Poland’s capital of Warsaw by bus and then board commercial flights. They are expected to arrive in Thailand in the coming days.
Additionally, the embassy has organized a second bus evacuation route, which yesterday took Thai nationals from the Ukrainian city of Odessa to Romania on Sunday.
They will then take commercial flights in Bucharest and arrive in Thailand today through Wednesday.
In regards to Thais living in various cities across Ukraine, which has been under attack from Russian forces, the embassy said that all were safe and uninjured.
There were still around 100 Thais unable to leave their homes due to lockdown measures or unsafe conditions, notably in the cities of Mykolayiv and Kharkiv.
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