Al-Sahaf announces evacuating 65 Iraqis from Ukraine

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The Foreign Ministry announced the evacuation of 65 Iraqis from Ukraine.
 
"The Embassy of the Republic of Iraq, in coordination with the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry and the local administration in the city of Sumy, has evacuated about 60 members of the Iraqi community from the besieged city of Sumy, including children, women, elderly men and wives (of Ukrainian nationality)," ministry spokesman Ahmed al-Sahaf said in a statement.
 
"The embassy was also able to evacuate another Iraqi family of five, including women and a 20-day-old child, from the city of Kharkiv, which is witnessing clashes and military action that has not yet stopped," the statement said.