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Hungary evacuates 32 people from embassy in Kyiv -minister

FILE PHOTO: Hungary's Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto addresses the 76th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, at the U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., September 23, 2021. Mary Altaffer/Pool via REUTERS

Hungary has evacuated 32 people from its embassy in Kyiv, including the Hungarian ambassador, two journalists, 10 South African and 10 Nigerian nationals, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said on Thursday.

He said the evacuated embassy staff and foreign nationals crossed over into Hungary overnight.

(Reporting by Gergely Szakacs and Anita Komuves; Editing by Alison Williams)

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