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China says more than 3,000 of its citizens have left Ukraine

BEIJING: More than 3,000 Chinese citizens in

Ukraine

have been safely relocated to neighbouring countries, foreign ministry spokesman

Wang Wenbin

told a daily media briefing on Thursday.

Unlike many countries, China did not tell its roughly 6,000 citizens in Ukraine to leave the country in the days leading up to last Thursday's invasion by

Russia

, announcing evacuation plans soon after it had begun.

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