Egypt’s embassy in Kyiv launches Telegram group to communicate with community in Ukraine

CAIRO- 27 February 2022: The Egyptian embassy in Kyiv, on Sunday, launched a new  Telegram group to communicate with the Egyptian community stranded in Ukraine due to the military escalation between Russia and Ukraine.

 

Egyptian embassy will send instructions on the new group to direct the nationals to exit safely to the countries neighboring Ukraine to go back home.

 

The Telegram group was named “The instructions of the Egyptian Embassy in Ukraine.” It can be joined via this link (https://t.me/EmbassyofEgyptKiyv).

 

The embassy announced on Saturday that Egyptian stranded nationals can head for the Slovakian border as they can enter Slovenia without a visa. It asked the nationals to send a soft copy of their passports to the emergency number of the embassy in Bratislava so that entry can be facilitated.

 

It also said that the Ukrainian authorities imposed a curfew starting at 5:00 pm to 8:00 am until February 28, calling upon the Egyptian citizens to abide by this rule.

 

The Egyptian authorities also urged Egyptians in the western parts of Ukraine to head to Poland and Romania.