Foreign Affairs Ministry issues statement to Lebanese citizens living in Ukraine

BEIRUT – Lebanon’s Foreign Affairs Ministry Thursday asked Lebanese citizens living in Ukraine “to take maximum precautionary measures and stay in safe places for now.”

Here’s what we know:

    • In a statement, the ministry announced a platform on which Lebanese living in Ukraine who wish to leave can register.

    • The Foreign Affairs Ministry also said that “it is following up its political communication with all the concerned and brotherly countries, including neighborly countries to secure safe passages and to facilitate the evacuation of the Lebanese.”

    • The ministry also added that it will release follow-up statements to “explain the measures taken regarding the matter.”

    • On Thursday morning, Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in the biggest attack by a European country on another since World War II.