PM: Malaysia working to evacuate eight of its citizens, two dependents from Kiev


A woman with a child walks in front of a damaged residential building at Koshytsa Street, a suburb of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, where a military shell allegedly hit, on February 25, 2022. - Russian forces reached the outskirts of Kyiv on Friday as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the invading troops were targeting civilians and explosions could be heard in the besieged capital. Pre-dawn blasts in Kyiv set off a second day of violence after Russian President Vladimir Putin defied Western warnings to unleash a full-scale ground invasion and air assault on Thursday that quickly claimed dozens of lives and displaced at least 100,000 people. (Photo by Daniel LEAL / AFP)

PETALING JAYA: Malaysia is in the process of evacuating eight of its citizens and two foreign dependents from Ukraine through the Malaysian Embassy in Kiev, says Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob.

"The Embassy of Malaysia in Kiev is currently undertaking evacuation of the remaining eight Malaysian nationals and two of their foreign dependents from Kiev.

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