'Most Sudanese' in Ukraine evacuated to neighbour states, as Arab nations rush to return citizens to safety

Sudan has evacuated 85 percent of its citizens from war-stricken Ukraine to the neighbouring countries of Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Hungary, its foreign ministry said, as Arab states rush to return their nationals.

The Sudanese embassy in Kyiv worked to evacuate 630 of its citizens from Ukraine over the last few days following a brutal Russian invasion.

In the past two days, 150 citizens were evacuated to Romania, and 400 to Poland, the ministry said.

Fifty Sudanese citizens were sent to Hungary, while 30 crossed into Slovakia.

Jordan's foreign ministry said on Thursday that two military planes were sent to evacuate Jordanian and Palestinian citizens from both Russia and Ukraine.

بتوجيهاتٍ ملكيةٍ سامية، قامت طائرتان عسكريتان بإخلاء الأردنيين وعائلاتهم وعدد من الأشقاء الفلسطينيين من #رومانيا و #هنغاريا قادمين من #أوكرانيا.@RHCJO @ArmedForcesJO @NCSCMJordan #وزارة_الخارجية_وشؤون_المغتربين
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— وزارة الخارجية وشؤون المغتربين الأردنية (@ForeignMinistry) March 3, 2022

Last week, Tunisia's foreign ministry said it was ready to intervene in efforts to evacuate as many Tunisian citizens in Ukraine as possible.

At the same time, Iraq's foreign ministry announced that it is working with the embassy in Kyiv and universities across Ukraine to evacuate its students from the conflict zone.

Since then, the situation in Ukraine has worsened with Russia striking cities, killing thousands.

Lebanon's foreign ministry announced at the start of the conflict that it was working with the Polish embassy in Beirut to create an evacuation for Lebanese citizens stuck in Ukraine through Poland. It is currently unclear how many have been evacuated so far.

Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the launch of a major offensive on Ukraine in the early hours of 24 February. Hours later, Russian ground forces crossed into Ukraine from several directions.

Putin launched the unprovoked invasion after recognising two rebel republics in eastern Ukraine and signing friendship treaties with them.

African students and expatriates fleeing the brutal Russian invasion of Ukraine have been subject to racism and discrimination at some border crossings out of the country