China’s Ukraine evacuation plan on hold, with worse expected to come

By Shi Jiangtao

Beijing’s top envoy in Kyiv has warned that a planned evacuation of its citizens in Ukraine had to be delayed and urged people to take all safety precautions in “a period of high security risks”.The Chinese embassy earlier said it would arrange chartered flights out of Kyiv and asked those who wanted to leave to register on its website.But in a 10-minute video message posted on the embassy’s WeChat account on Sunday, ambassador Fan Xianrong warned of a grave security situation for Chinese in…

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