Chinese Nationals in Ukraine Seek Help to Be Evacuated; Poland Gives a Hand

A man reads a Chinese state-run newspaper with coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, that supports Russia’s actions, on a street in Beijing, China on Feb. 24, 2022. Jade Gao/AFP via Getty Images

Chinese nationals in Ukraine were pleading for help to be evacuated on Feb. 28, as the Chinese embassy was just starting to evacuate its citizens from the country. Earlier in the day, the Embassy of Poland in China announced that the Chinese can leave Ukraine via Poland.

“Chinese citizens in Ukraine. If you don’t have a valid Schengen visa [an EU visa that allows people to travel freely] but want to evacuate via the Polish-Ukrainian border, … you are allowed to enter Poland,” The embassy posted on Weibo, China’s Twitter-like social media platform, on Feb. 28. “You don’t need to take a nucleic acid test [for COVID-19] or be vaccinated.”