Mexico's ambassador to Ukraine leaves the country

The Ambassador of Mexico to Ukraineindicated that she would remain in the Romanian border area in order to support repatriation operations there. The Ambassador left the country on Wednesday, and entered Romania at Siret, a town on the border with southwestern Ukraine, under an operation by the Mexican government. It was about a 19-hour journey from Kyiv.

The ambassador said many Mexicans were still unable to leave because of the state of emergency. The group of Mexicans, their partners, and several diplomatic staff members were expected to depart for Mexico on a military plane on Thursday. The U.N. refugee agency said about 368,000 people have fled Ukraine, many into bordering nations like Romania, Poland, Hungary, Moldova, and Slovakia.