16 Ukrainian citizens evacuated from Middle East to Poland, - MFA. PHOTO
In accordance with the instructions of the President of Ukraine, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is working to ensure the safe return of Ukrainian citizens who wish to return from the Middle East to their homeland.
According to Censor.NET, citing the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiga is personally overseeing the protection of citizens' rights and the evacuation process.
16 Ukrainians evacuated
"On 11-12 March 2026, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, together with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Poland, carried out the evacuation of Ukrainian citizens from the Middle East to Warsaw," the statement said.
It is noted that Ukrainian diplomats in Poland, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, and Kuwait ensured the evacuation of 16 Ukrainian citizens who found themselves in a difficult situation due to hostilities in the region.
Assistance from Poland
"We express our sincere gratitude to our Polish colleagues for their organisational support within the framework of #PKWBliskiWschód, as well as to the EU for its coordinating role. Poland has once again confirmed that Ukrainian-Polish solidarity means concrete action," the Foreign Ministry said.
It is also noted that the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry continues to provide all necessary assistance to Ukrainian citizens in the Middle East and other regions of the world.
What preceded this?
Earlier, the Ukrainian Embassy in the UAE called on Ukrainian citizens who are forced to remain in the UAE and Bahrain to fill out an information and registration form in connection with the security situation in the United Arab Emirates and the Kingdom of Bahrain.
Strikes on Iran
- On 28 February, Israel launched an operation to bomb the Iranian capital Tehran. This is a joint operation with the US armed forces.
- Israel called the operation against Iran "Roaring Lion," and the US called it "Epic Fury."
- US President Donald Trump said that the goal of the operation against Iran was to "destroy Iran's missile industry and navy" and "ensure that Iran cannot destabilise the world."
- Trump accused Iran of "financing and training" militants in Syria, Lebanon, Iraq and Hamas in Palestine.
- The Israel Defence Forces reported that it had deployed more than 200 fighter jets to strike 500 targets in Iran.
- On the evening of 28 February, a senior Israeli official told Reuters that Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei had been killed that morning in an Israeli air strike on Iran. His body had already been found.
- US President Donald Trump later confirmed the death of Ayatollah Khamenei.
- On 3 March, sources at Iran International TV reported that the son of the slain Ali Khamenei, Mojtaba, had been chosen as Iran's next supreme leader.
- Later, it became known that Iran's Assembly of Experts had not yet elected a new supreme leader.
- Later, the Iranian state agency Fars reported that the Council of Experts had voted by a majority to support the appointment of Mojtaba Khamenei as Iran's new supreme leader.
