Number of Azerbaijani citizens evacuated from Ukraine reaches 7500

Since the beginning of the special military operation in Ukraine, about 7500 Azerbaijani citizens have been evacuated from the country to Baku.

The “Caucasian Knot” has reported that on February 27, three Azerbaijani citizens were killed and four others were injured during a shelling attack when they tried to evacuate from the Odessa Region of Ukraine to Moldova. Another Azerbaijani citizen was killed by a shot from an unknown direction in the centre of Kharkov. On March 2, the number of Azerbaijani citizens killed in Ukraine rose to five.

“By March 14, over 7500 people were evacuated from Ukraine to Azerbaijan. Of them, about 3000 were delivered by charter flights and about 4500 – by buses,” the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of Azerbaijan reported in a message on March 14, which was translated from the Azerbaijani language by the “Caucasian Knot” correspondent.

To evacuate citizens, the Azerbaijani authorities organized 15 charter flights to the cities of Iasi and Bucharest in Romania and Polish city of Katowice. First of all, women, children, the elderly, and the sick are being evacuated, the Azerbaijani MFA reports.

The evacuation of citizens by charter flights and buses is carried out at the expense of the Azerbaijani state.

This article was originally published on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’ on March 15, 2022 at 11:19 am MSK. To access the full text of the article, click here.