Since war-start, 279,000 Ukrainian citizens arrive in Turkey, 46,000 remain

Since war-start, 279,000 Ukrainian citizens arrive in Turkey, 46,000 remain

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Since the launch of Russia's large-scale military aggression toward Ukraine, almost 279,000 Ukrainian citizens have crossed into Turkey, while almost 233,000 have already left the country.

That’s according to the head of the Ukrainian Embassy’s Consular Department, Andriy Bilyk, who offered a comment to Ukrinform.

"Since February 24, a total of 278,972 citizens of Ukraine have visited Turkey. As of now, 232,841 of our citizens have left the country," said the Consul of Ukraine in Ankara.

According to the diplomat, more than 46,000 Ukrainians remain in Turkey, most of them in the provinces of Istanbul, Antalya, Mugla, Izmir, and Ankara.

Read also: More than 5M people from Ukraine entered Poland since war started - border guard agency

Andriy Bilyk says most of the citizens who crossed out have returned to Ukraine, but a large part also went on to seek asylum in other countries, in particular, with more attractive conditions of stay.

As Ukrinform reported earlier, a week ago, the EU ambassadors agreed on a mandate for negotiations with EU member states regarding the continuation of assistance to Ukrainian refugees, as well as the tackling of the negative effects of Russia's aggression toward Ukraine, experienced across the EU.

Since the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, more than 5 million people have crossed out of the country to Poland, fleeing the war.

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