Local time is around 6:00 on the 25th
Another explosion occurred in Kiev, the capital of Ukraine
Russian tanks have reached the outskirts of Kiev
Ukrainians blew up a bridge near Kiev
At present, Russia and Ukraine are fighting fiercely
On the 25th local time, according to the Ukrainian armed forces
Russian troops officially entered the city of Volzeli in Kiev
It is about 35 km from the city of Kiev
What is going on with ordinary people in Ukraine
What are the overseas Chinese in Ukraine experiencing?
Let's take a look through a few sets of shots
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Shot 1:
"No smiling faces in Kiev today"
On the 24th local time, Chinese students in Ukraine took pictures of the current situation in the capital City of Kiev. According to the footage, local shops are closed, military trucks are passing through the streets, and citizens with large luggage can be seen everywhere.
▲Source: CCTV News
The international student introduced in the video, "There is no smiling face in Kiev today, 80% of the people [in the camera] are on the phone, and everyone is actually quite afraid of war." Shops on both sides of a street, which used to be open all year round, are now closed, with only one shop selling guns and knives open. There's a military truck on the street passing by, don't know where they're headed? ”
On the 24th local time, the Kiev municipal government of Ukraine issued an air defense alert, informing everyone to immediately go to the civil defense shelter for refuge. At 22:00 local time on the 24th, the city of Kiev, the capital of Ukraine, began to implement a curfew, which was from 22:00 every night to 7:00 a.m. the next day. The Kiev Municipality stipulates that all persons are not allowed to enter Kiev during the curfew, but the exit leaving the city of Kiev will remain open at this time. The subway continues to be open to the public as a shelter.
Lens 2:
Citizens lined up to snap up, withdraw money, and refuel
"Raise the Chinese flag!" On the 25th local time, Zhu Guangxiang, president of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce in Odessa, Ukraine, sent a video to The China-Singapore Jingwei, in which the Chinese flag was flying in the wind on the streets of Odessa.
▲ In Wuhua, chinese merchants hung the Chinese flag in front of their doors
In 1997, Zhu Guangxiang came to Ukraine to work hard, and is now engaged in international trade and other businesses. He has lived in Odessa for a long time, and he told Zhongxin Jingwei that there are many Chinese merchants in Odessa, and in recent years, a "Odessa China Street" has been built. "Most of the Chinese businessmen in Odessa are from Zhejiang, and most of them are engaged in trade and retail."
According to Zhu Guangxiang, the staff of the Chinese Embassy in Ukraine told him that (as the current situation) it was possible to hang the Chinese flag in a conspicuous place. So he hung a five-star red flag in front of his house.
Since the sudden change in the situation in Ukraine on the morning of the 24th local time, Zhu Guangxiang has been paying attention to local news, and when he went out, he also witnessed Odessa citizens rushing to buy food in supermarkets, queuing up at banks to withdraw money, and the gas station queue was once several kilometers long. Although Odessa is far from the Donbass region and Kiev, the capital of Ukraine, and the situation is relatively calm, he is still a little nervous, "I woke up at 4 o'clock today, woke up and went to the basement, and I was confused in the first half of the night and did not dare to sleep." ”
Zhu Guangxiang said, "It is an extraordinary period for Ukrainian Chinese businessmen at present." Since the war rumors emerged, Zhu Guangxiang's business has been difficult to do, and the Ukrainian currency, the hryvnia, is also seriously depreciating. The data shows that on the 25th, the dollar exchange rate against the hryvnia reached 29.82, "for us the exchange rate loss is particularly large."
In recent days, Zhu Guangxiang has received calls from many friends, with only one theme: go or stay. "[The Chinese] are all in the trade business, and whether the goods are safe or unsafe in the warehouse is a big problem." We are not afraid of the army coming in now, and we are most afraid of the hooligans who will take advantage of the fire and loot, so we dare not go out now. "Therefore, Zhu Guangxiang consulted with many friends and decided to keep one in Ukraine for each family." As an assistant volunteer at the Chinese Embassy in Ukraine, I will remain in Odessa.
Shot Three:
"I called my mom and she kept crying"
"The water stopped, I forgot to buy water, and now it's only enough for a day." In the video, a Chinese female student in Ukraine is walking on the way back from procurement, while saying, "I will have experience next time." Suddenly, she shook her head again, "Ah no, there is no next time." ”
"The whole air is filled with a very strong smell of gunpowder." When she arrived at a nearby supermarket, she found that drinking water had long been snapped up, leaving only drinks. I grabbed a few bottles and hurried back—and after a while, the siren sounded again.
She was in Kharkiv. According to Ukrainian local media reports, on the evening of the 24th local time, Kharkov was hit by air raids. That night, a loud explosion resounded through the night sky. A large number of residents are scrambling to evacuate. Inside the city, residents who did not evacuate took refuge in subway stations.
"I called my mom and she kept crying. As soon as I saw her crying, it hurt more, and I cried too. She saw me crying, and she was even more distressed, and she continued to cry. We both cried like this for an hour. In fact, there is no big thing at present, it is still very safe. She said.
Lens Four:
"The most 'valuable' thing is a Chinese passport"
May a chinese entrepreneur in Kharkiv, Ukraine's second-largest city, has been living there for more than two decades. In a video he filmed, he said: "Now I don't know if I want to start evacuating or how, waiting for the embassy to reply, now pack my things, the most 'valuable' thing is this Chinese passport." ”
▲Source CGTN
On February 25, the Chinese Embassy in Ukraine issued the "Emergency Notice on Requesting Chinese Citizens To Be Evacuated from Ukraine for Registration", which said that at present, the domestic situation in Ukraine has deteriorated sharply, and my citizens and Chinese-funded enterprises in Ukraine are at a high security risk. In order to prepare for the return of charter flights in batches, personnel registration is now open. The registration deadline is 12:00 p.m. local time on Sunday, February 27, and the registration personnel must hold a Chinese passport or travel permit (including Hong Kong SAR passport, Macao SAR passport, Taiwan compatriot card, and those without passports must hold a domestic identity card).
Lens Five:
"Just experienced a round of shelling,
The application form for returning home on a charter flight has been completed"
Li of Kharkiv State University of Architecture widened the camera, and soon black smoke filled the entire screen.
"Just got through a round of shelling." He said that he had been asleep and had been quarreled again. Looking at the corner of the city that had been shelled, the flames emerged and black smoke shot straight up into the sky.
▲Source Tianmu News
The bomb shelter where he was located was only four or five subway stops away from the war zone, and the crowd was densely packed. The artillery fire was approaching, and he was reassured that an hour ago, the Chinese Embassy in Ukraine had sent a voluntary charter flight application form to Chinese citizens to return to China, and he had already filled it out and was waiting for arrangements.
Shot Six:
"My family and I are ready to hide in the bomb shelter at any time"
At about 8:20 local time on the 25th, a Russian fighter group approached Kiev, the capital of Ukraine. The air defense sirens of the city of Kiev sounded again, and the municipal government urged all citizens to go to the shelter.
At this time, Genia, a Ukrainian who now lives in Kiev, told Zhongxin Jingwei that she had entered the Kiev subway to take shelter an hour before the air defense siren was raised.
Genia, 27, had just celebrated her birthday when she wrote on social media: "A lot of good things have happened in the past year and I am hopeful about the future. "She told Zhongxin Jingwei that although the war was completely unexpected by herself, she had no plans to leave Kiev for the time being." I've lived here since I was 1 year old, my close friends are here, basically my life is here. ”
At 4 a.m. local time on the 25th, Olga, who also lived in Kiev, was awakened by the sound of an explosion. She told Zhongxin Jingwei that she and her family "are trying to figure out when they can get a safe night's sleep." Genia also said, "Now we hear rocket explosions in the air every few hours. ”
Genia said many people were leaving Kiev. In addition to the convoys leaving Kiev, "there are long queues at the entrance of supermarkets, charitable organizations and military services." Many shops have been closed since yesterday, and although traffic is still working today, many have not gone to work unless they work in pharmacies, supermarkets, hospitals or other important infrastructure. ”
Sasha, who lives in the industrial city of Dnipro in eastern Ukraine, told Zhongxin Jingwei that she is currently staying at home with her family, which is safer than Kiev, and as far as she knows, there was no explosion in the city on the 25th. "If there is any other movement, my family and I will be ready to hide in bomb shelters or cellars at any time, or move to the west, which is farther away from the Russian-Ukrainian border."
Source: Zhongxin Jingwei
Original title: Ukrainian Chinese businessmen personal experience: hide in the basement at four o'clock in the morning, the most worried about this matter