Infrastructure minister announces evacuation flights from Israel, USA, Thailand

"We’ll start with Israel, because that's where the visa issue is the most pressing. Then the United States, where the tourist visas of our citizens expire also. Then Bali, Indonesia, Thailand. Europe also has a number of countries from which we will have to take our people away by planes due to the closures within the Schengen area," Infrastructure Minister Vladyslav Kryklii said in an interview with the Interfax-Ukraine.

He said that it is planned to take Ukrainians away from Italy and Spain. At the same time, all citizens returning to Ukraine will be obliged to undergo a mandatory 14-day observation.

According to Kryklii, more than 9,000 citizens, who want to return to Ukraine, have registered with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' “Friend” system.

At the same time, according to the minister, many Ukrainians, after returning to the country, try their best to avoid quarantine, which significantly complicates all evacuation processes.

"Despite this, of course, we will definitely continue to arrange outcoming flights. We will start with the most critical countries where people already have their visas expired so that there is no reason for readmission. We already plan these routes and will start to operate the relevant flights a week after Easter, I think," the minister said.

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