Tunisia -"Al -Quds" dot com -(AFP) -The first evacuation trips from Ukraine were organized for citizens from the Maghreb and the Middle East on the sixth day of the Russian attack, which prompted hundreds of thousands of people to flee from this country.
They went through a horrific escape experience, especially after Ukraine closed its airspace in front of civilians with the start of the Russian military operation on Thursday, forcing them to move by land to safer areas.
Tuesday, Tunisia has begun to evacuate its citizens, as a military plane came from Tunisian airport from Romania, with 106 students..
At the airport, which Foreign Minister Othman Al -Jarndi attended, the relatives of the students who seemed to be tired were to receive them.
The minister confirmed the existence of a Tunisian coordination with the embassies of Poland and Romania "to complete the evacuation of 480 others whose names were registered and we follow their arrival paths to Poland and Romania accurately.".
Computer engineering student Ayman Badri, 24, tells what happened, saying, "We lived a nightmare in that place ... were exceptional war conditions.".
About 1700 Tunisians are located in Ukraine and 80%, including students in engineering and medicine universities.
As for Hamdi Boussa, who moved from southern Ukraine, where he was residing to Romania, he describes what he went through as a "adventure".
"The process was difficult and a great adventure ... We lived strong moments, communicating with our friends and asking about them," the engineering student says..
More than 10,000 Arab students enroll in Ukraine universities that attract these people because of the low cost of living in them.
With regard to Morocco, which lives about 12,000 of its citizens in Ukraine, in 8,000 university students, the evacuation operations will start from Wednesday with three trips from Warsaw, Boquerest and Budapest..
They will be evacuated in exchange for paying 750 dirhams (about 79 dollars) for each person for the arrival trip to Casablanca.
Algeria and Libya did not program after evacuation trips and are working to facilitate the entry of their citizens from Ukraine to the neighboring countries.
On Sunday, the Algerian authorities announced the killing of one of its citizens, at the age of 24, in Kharkif, the second largest city in Ukraine, according to a statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Iranian official media reported that the first return trip carrying two citizens fleeing from Ukraine landed in Tehran, coming from Poland about seven in the morning (0330 GMT).
Palestinian, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Ramallah in the occupied West Bank confirmed that it is working to help about 2,600 Palestinians in Ukraine, including approximately 600 students.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Ahmed Al -Deek told AFP that dozens of students were evacuated and their arrival in Romania and Poland was secured..
In Jordan, a crisis cell formed to help 3,500 Jordanians residing in Ukraine to leave this country.The Foreign Ministry said that 415 Jordanians managed in the last days to escape.
Also Tuesday, I landed at Ben Gurion Airport, near Tel Aviv, the first flight from Romania.
The Arab student, Badr long (23 years), who was among the arrivals, says that he survived chaos.
"We suddenly woke up to the voices of those around us, the bombs everywhere, so we decided to leave," he added..
Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Labid announced on Monday that his office had helped 4,000 Israelis since Thursday to leave Ukraine.He said in statements to reporters, "We will do our best so that no Israeli or any Jew there remains there,".
Among the arrivals on Tuesday are students from the Arab minority in Israel, who make up 20 percent of the residents of the Hebrew state, which are about 9.3 million people..
One of the students who receives his education at a university in the city of Kharkif and introduces himself to the name of Hussein, describes the horrific journey of the war zone.
"For four days, we were sleeping on the stairs and in the train stations ... We have passed truly difficult times and without food.".
"I left everything to return," he added..
As for the return of Abu Saeed, who was waiting for his son Muhammad, who was among the passengers of the plane, he explains how he was afraid of his safety.
"I was not sure whether or not he was, he was in the most dangerous place," the father says..
He added, "They returned alone on the bus on a 24 -hour trip, during which several scenarios were imagined, such as being bombed with a missile, killing, or being captured.".
The Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on Monday the killing of an Israel.
The ministry confirmed the authorities' communication with his wife who remained in Ukraine and their children.
The Russian forces began their attack on Ukraine at dawn on Thursday, on the orders of President Vladimir Putin, in a sharp move from the level of tension between Moscow and Western parties led by the United States, NATO, the European Union and Britain.
The Ukraine authorities indicated that more than 350 civilians were killed and 2040 people were injured since the attack began Thursday, stressing that its forces have killed the "thousands" of Russian soldiers, knowing that Moscow has not announced any official outcome.
