Ambassador of Ukraine to Turkey Vasily Bodnar said that eight citizens of Ukraine applied to the Turkish embassy with a request to evacuate from the Gaziantep region, which was hit by a powerful earthquake the day before.. He announced this on the air of the telethon.

" Now we are working on sending a consul there and organizing transport for their evacuation as soon as possible,"

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Earlier, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry reported that in Turkey, as a result of the earthquake, two Ukrainian citizens were probably killed, and four were injured.. According to him, Ukrainian diplomats have already tracked down 38 citizens and are interacting with Turkish rescue services to search for 19 Ukrainians who do not get in touch..