First 40 Lebanese evacuees from Ukraine set to arrive in Beirut overnight
L'Orient Today /
01 March 2022 18:03
Passengers at Boryspil airport in Ukraine last month. (Credit: Sergei Supinsky/AFP)
BEIRUT – A first wave of Lebanese citizens evacuating from Ukraine is set to arrive in Beirut on Wednesday at 2:30 a.m., the state-run National News Agency reported.
Here’s what we know:
• The 40 repatriates evacuating Ukraine had been temporarily hosted by a Lebanese businessman, Mohamad Murad, in a hotel in Bucharest.
• In a Facebook post shared on Tuesday, Murad said that “over 150 students” had arrived in Bucharest from Ukraine, with “200 other individuals” on their way from the Romanian-Ukrainian border.
• Murad also announced that another wave of citizens from Bucharest would be leaving after “the necessary measures are taken.”
• The Ukrainian Embassy in Lebanon says 1,800 Lebanese citizens live in Ukraine, but the Lebanese Embassy in Kyiv estimates the number at 3,700 people.
BEIRUT – A first wave of Lebanese citizens evacuating from Ukraine is set to arrive in Beirut on Wednesday at 2:30 a.m., the state-run National News Agency reported.Here’s what we know: • The 40 repatriates evacuating Ukraine had been temporarily hosted by a Lebanese businessman, Mohamad Murad, in a hotel in Bucharest. • In a Facebook post shared on Tuesday, Murad said that “over 150 students” had arrived in Bucharest from Ukraine, with “200 other individuals” on their way from the Romanian-Ukrainian border. • Murad also announced that another wave of citizens from Bucharest would be leaving after “the necessary measures are taken.” • The Ukrainian Embassy in Lebanon says 1,800 Lebanese citizens live in Ukraine, but the Lebanese Embassy in Kyiv estimates the...
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