Turkish trucks carrying humanitarian aid to Ukraine have reached Romania on Monday.
In addition to the five trucks of humanitarian aid waiting at Romania’s southern border Giurgiu with Bulgaria, a total of 26 buses that will evacuate Turkish nationals from Ukraine are expected arrive in the country.
Bus drivers Ergin Ermiş and Murat Tamer said they had a difficult journey from Istanbul to Romania due to a snowstorm.
Russia attack on Ukraine has entered its fifth day, with the Ukrainian Interior Ministry said 352 Ukrainian civilians had been killed.
The intervention was met by an outcry from international community, with the European Union, the United Kingdom and the United States implementing a range of economic sanctions on Russia.
During this time, a group of 184 Turkish nationals, mostly students, evacuated from Ukraine, arrived in Turkey through the coordination of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Monday.
The evacuated Turkish nationals entered the country through the northwestern border post of Hamzabeyli on the Turkish-Bulgarian border.
Speaking to Anadolu Agency (AA), Seçkin Ali Bakımcı, who has been in Ukraine for university, thanked the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for remaining in close contact before and during the evacuation process.
Another one student from Odessa, Erhan Yıldız, said a missile fell near the dormitory where he was staying.
“Then we heard that soldiers entered the airport and its surroundings… We immediately went to the shelters in the dormitory.
“Ukrainian soldiers made hand signals indicating that we should turn off the lights and do not go out,” he added.
Yıldız said that during this period the Turkish consulate was in constant touch with their.
Savaş Ates, who work in Ukraine said many buses were set come to Turkey.
“Thanks to this consulate, thanks to Turkey, of Of course, the evacuation continues. The only problem East Kyiv, I think there is no evacuation situation there. All students are in the shelter as far as I know.
“They (Russian forces) are even shooting at Turkish peopleand our friends have been shot, some are now in the hospital,” Ates added.
Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the military intervention last Thursday, a few days after recognizing two enclaves held by the separatists in Eastern Ukraine.
At least 368,000 Ukrainians fled to Poland, Hungary, Romania, Moldova and others countries since then, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
Western powers have imposed harsh financial punishments on Moscow and decided to supply Ukraine with weapons and ammunition.
Turkish trucks carrying humanitarian aid to Ukraine have reached Romania on Monday.
In addition to the five trucks of humanitarian aid waiting at Romania’s southern border Giurgiu with Bulgaria, a total of 26 buses that will evacuate Turkish nationals from Ukraine are expected arrive in the country.
Bus drivers Ergin Ermiş and Murat Tamer said they had a difficult journey from Istanbul to Romania due to a snowstorm.
Russia attack on Ukraine has entered its fifth day, with the Ukrainian Interior Ministry said 352 Ukrainian civilians had been killed.
The intervention was met by an outcry from international community, with the European Union, the United Kingdom and the United States implementing a range of economic sanctions on Russia.
During this time, a group of 184 Turkish nationals, mostly students, evacuated from Ukraine, arrived in Turkey through the coordination of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Monday.
The evacuated Turkish nationals entered the country through the northwestern border post of Hamzabeyli on the Turkish-Bulgarian border.
Speaking to Anadolu Agency (AA), Seçkin Ali Bakımcı, who has been in Ukraine for university, thanked the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for remaining in close contact before and during the evacuation process.
Another one student from Odessa, Erhan Yıldız, said a missile fell near the dormitory where he was staying.
“Then we heard that soldiers entered the airport and its surroundings… We immediately went to the shelters in the dormitory.
“Ukrainian soldiers made hand signals indicating that we should turn off the lights and do not go out,” he added.
Yıldız said that during this period the Turkish consulate was in constant touch with their.
Savaş Ates, who work in Ukraine said many buses were set come to Turkey.
“Thanks to this consulate, thanks to Turkey, of Of course, the evacuation continues. The only problem East Kyiv, I think there is no evacuation situation there. All students are in the shelter as far as I know.
“They (Russian forces) are even shooting at Turkish peopleand our friends have been shot, some are now in the hospital,” Ates added.
Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the military intervention last Thursday, a few days after recognizing two enclaves held by the separatists in Eastern Ukraine.
At least 368,000 Ukrainians fled to Poland, Hungary, Romania, Moldova and others countries since then, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
Western powers have imposed harsh financial punishments on Moscow and decided to supply Ukraine with weapons and ammunition.