More than 300 additional Turkish nationals evacuated from Ukraine

ANKARA

Turkiye has evacuated 316 of its nationals from Ukraine, the Turkish foreign minister said Wednesday.

“Today, 316 more of our brothers and sisters have departed from Sumy, Zaporizhia, Dnipro, Kharkiv, Poltava, Kremenchuk, Chernivtsi, Odesa, Lviv, and Kyiv,” Mevlut Cavusoglu wrote on Twitter.

Cavusoglu said the number of Turks evacuated has reached 13,491.

“Our plans are underway for the safe evacuation of our citizens,” he said.

Russia's war on Ukraine, which began Feb. 24, has drawn international condemnation, led to financial sanctions on Moscow, and spurred an exodus of global firms from Russia.

At least 516 civilians have been killed and 908 others injured in Ukraine since Russia launched a war against its neighbor on Feb. 24, according to UN figures, with the real toll feared to be higher.

More than 2.1 million people have fled Ukraine to neighboring countries, according to the UN refugee agency.