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Ukraine has started the evacuation of its citizens from Syria due to the unrest in the country, the Foreign Ministry's spokesman, Oleksandr Dykusarov, has said. 

“As requested by the president of Ukraine, and in line with a decision of the government of Ukraine, due to the escalation of the situation in Syria we report that the Foreign Affairs Ministry in cooperation with other ministries and agencies are carrying out the evacuation of Ukrainian citizens from Syria,” he told journalists in Kyiv on Thursday.