A TOTAL of 59 Filipinos have been evacuated to a safer place in and out of Ukraine amid attacks being launched there by Russia, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said on Monday, February 28, 2022.The DFA said six of the Filipinos, including a fourth-year medical student at the Bukovinian State Medical University, two Filipinos married to Ukrainian nationals (one of whom traveled with her two-year-old son), and two Filipinos working for an international organization, managed to cross the border to Republic of Moldova.It said four of them will be brought to Romania where they will board a flight going back to Manila.Meanwhile, DFA Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. waited for five hours at the Rava-Ruska-Hrebenne Border Crossing Station in Poland to welcome 13 Filipinos evacuated from Ukraine.He assured assistance to the Filipinos affected by the geographical tension in Ukraine.“We are on high-alert 24/7 to ensure that Filipinos are safe in this conflict. Our Embassies in Poland and Hungary have been working hard these past days to account for each Filipino in Ukraine, and to repatriate them as soon as possible. Our people only need to ask, and we will get them home safe,” said Locsin.On February 26, Philippine Ambassador to Warsaw, Poland Leah M. Basinang-Ruiz said 40 Filipinos were brought to Lviv from Kyiv, the country’s capital and currently being target of Russia’s attacks.They were assisted for entry to the border of Poland where they will board flights going back to the Philippines.“The Philippine Embassy in cooperation with DFA-OUMWA is committed to assisting the remaining Filipinos in Kyiv and in other parts of Ukraine in order to bring them out of harm’s way while there is still time,” Ruiz said.The DFA said Filipinos who need repatriation assistance may coordinate with the Philippine authorities through the following contact details:Philippine Embassy in Warsaw:Email: warsaw.pe@dfa.gov.phEmergency Hotline: +48 604 357 396Office Mobile Number: +48 694 491 663HungaryBudapest PE emergency hotline+36 30 202 1760ATN Officer Claro Cabuniag+36 30 074 5656 (mobile)+63 966 340 4725 (viber)MoldovaConsul Victor GainaMobile number (also WhatsApp no.(sad) +37369870870Email addresses: victor.gaina@phconsulate.md or consul@phconsulate.mdRussia has launched military attacks in Ukraine following the orders of its President Vladimir Putin, as they work in restoring Russia’s influence over nations that emerged after the dismantling of the Soviet Union. (SunStar Philippines)