The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is seeking a humanitarian corridor to remove them from the bombed areas of Ukraine, in order to enable the small number of Cypriots who have expressed a desire to do so to return safely to our country.
Speaking to the Cyprus Times
, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Dimitris Demetriou said that there are currently 39 Cypriots - including minors - in Ukraine, including 4 Ukrainians who have a direct link with Cyprus in various areas, such as Kharkiv, Mariupol and Kherson.
"We have had new telephone contact with all the people permanently residing in Ukraine, most of them, to ascertain that they are in shelters and are in good health. Some of them expressed the desire to come to Cyprus, while most of them will stay there," he said."
He indicated that because of the invasion, they are waiting for when a ceasefire will be reached to give them the opportunity to return. He also said that Greece is also making a huge effort to repatriate 100,000 Greeks who are trapped because of the war.
At the moment, according to Demetriou, the most tragic situation is in Mariupol where there are no medicines and supplies and the city is blocked without water and electricity.
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