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France to move its embassy in Ukraine to Lviv, says foreign minister

France will move its embassy from Ukrainian capital of Kyiv to the Western city of Lviv, Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian told BFM TV on Monday.

Reuters · Feb 28, 2022

‘Pushed back because we’re Black’: Africans stranded at Ukraine-Poland border

Nigeria and South Africa have expressed alarm at reports that their nationals are being stopped from leaving war-torn Ukraine. At Lviv train station, in western Ukraine, FRANCE 24 met several African students who say they were pushed back at the Medyka border crossing with Poland.

France 24 · Feb 28, 2022

‘I haven’t told my granny’: Ukraine’s student molotov cocktail-makers

Civilian volunteers come forward in large numbers to help war effort against Russian invasion

The Guardian - UK · Feb 28, 2022

People in UK can ‘raise’ their voice and donate to aid Ukraine refugees – Unicef

James Elder of Unicef has spoke of ‘harrowing’ scenes in Lviv, in western Ukraine, with thousands of ‘everyday people’ trying to flee.

The Independent UK · Feb 27, 2022

From one checkpoint to another in freezing cold

KOTTAYAM: Hundreds of Indian students who were seeking routes out of Ukraine were stranded near the Ukraine-Poland border on Saturday, said a Malayali firstyear student at the Stepan Gzhytskyi National University of Veterinary Medicine and Biotechnologies in the city of Lviv.

The Times of India · Feb 27, 2022

Ukranians look to Poland-bound buses to escape Russian invasion

LVIV, Ukraine -- Since Friday, residents of Lviv near the Polish border in western Ukraine have been subject to a curfew that lasts from 10 p.m. to 6.a.m.

The Japan News/Yomiuri · Feb 27, 2022

Evacuation plans stepping up

Some 236 Thai nationals are seeking immediate evacuation out of Ukraine amid attacks by the advancing Russian military forces, the Foreign Ministry osaid.

Bangkok Post · Feb 26, 2022

‘I want to be home:’ overseas students in Ukraine seek safe routes out

Foreign nationals studying in Dnipro on their struggle to leave the city as Russian forces advance

The Guardian - UK · Feb 26, 2022

Exodus from Ukraine: A night spent with civilians fleeing Russia's invasion

Thousands of Ukrainian civilians have been fleeing the Russian invasion since Thursday and are trying to reach neighbouring Poland. The chaotic evacuation, with dozens of kilometres of traffic jams on the Ukrainian side, foreshadows a large-scale humanitarian crisis. Mehdi Chebil, FRANCE 24’s correspondent on the ground, reports.

France 24 · Feb 26, 2022

Ukrainian forces repel Russian attack in Lviv region -mayor

Ukrainian forces repelled a Russian attack in the Lviv region near Brody in western Ukraine, Lviv's mayor was quoted as saying on Saturday by the Telegram messaging service.

Reuters · Feb 26, 2022