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Hundreds of Chinese citizens plan to evacuate Ukraine as war escalates
- More than 200 people indicate they will leave the country as security worsens
- Beijing has increased calls for citizens to flee as Russia hits back over Crimea bridge attack
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More than 200 Chinese nationals signed up for evacuation from Ukraine after Beijing renewed calls for citizens to leave the country as security worsens.
In a notice on Saturday, the Chinese foreign ministry urged its citizens to leave Ukraine and to register with the Chinese embassy for evacuation.
The embassy later released registration forms on its WeChat account, saying it would “vigorously provide assistance” for remaining nationals who wished to leave the country.
So far a total of 186 have signed up for organised evacuation with help from the embassy, while 40 have registered to Ukraine on their own, according to the embassy’s WeChat account on Monday.
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China has increased calls for citizens to leave Ukraine in the aftermath of the bombing of a vital bridge linking Russia and the Crimean peninsula on October 8. Beijing issued three consecutive notices on October 10 to warn people of the intense security situation and ask them to take shelter during air raids.
The embassy collects information each month on the number of citizens still living in Ukraine and one of the Chinese notices said some people had failed to report in.
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Around 6,000 Chinese citizens returned to China from Ukraine in March – the biggest evacuation so far.
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