There are 50 Cypriots who are currently in Ukraine, while 10 other persons who are Ukrainian nationals with a residence permit in Cyprus are also there, Foreign Ministry spokesman Demetris Demetriou told the Cyprus News Agency, adding that the Ministry continues to work to enable the safe and orderly removal of all Cypriots.
Asked by the Cyprus News Agency about the Cypriots remaining in Ukraine, Demetriou said that Cypriots who are still in the country are scattered in different areas, which in some cases makes it difficult to carry out efforts to remove them.
He also noted that moving persons from cities in a state of war involves risk and is dangerous at the moment. The recent example of the removal of the Greek mission from Mariupol confirms this. Cypriots who are still in the country are urged to remain safe and avoid traffic so as not to put their lives at risk, he added.
He also said that following instructions from the Foreign Minister, the Crisis Management Centre and the staff of the Embassy of the Republic in Kiev have made telephone contact with all Cypriots in Ukraine in order to update their details, to ascertain the situation in which they find themselves, i.e. whether they are safe and have access to The evacuation mission included an infant, young children and elderly people, as well as a pregnant woman[/B], he noted.
Asked about the humanitarian aid from Cyprus to Ukraine, Demetriou said that as a first reaction, the Government has already contributed, through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the amount of €100.000 to the United Nations Humanitarian Aid Fund for Ukraine.
He added that in addition, the first humanitarian aid package included €700 worth of medical supplies.000. Through the European Union's Civil Protection Mechanism, the Republic of Cyprus has provided tents, blankets, sleeping bags, bottled water and other essentials, he noted.
At the same time, he said, food is being collected in more than 40 centres activated across the country by the Commissioner for Citizens, Panagiotis Sentonas, who has taken over the coordination of the collection of humanitarian aid. The first shipment of the material to the Ukrainian people is expected next Tuesday, March 8, he concluded.
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