Some 600 foreigners evacuated from Ukraine by Russian troops - Russian National Defense Command Center head

MOSCOW. March 3 (Interfax) - Russian troops have evacuated from Ukraine almost 600 foreigners, including 180 people from the UN mission from Kyiv, Russian National Defense Command Center head Mikhail Mizintsev said.

"Five hundred eighty-eight foreign citizens were evacuated from dangerous areas over the elapsed time," Mizintsev said.

"Including on February 28 from Kyiv - 151 citizens of France, Belgium, Italy and Poland; 13 citizens of Switzerland, Georgia, Holland, the U.S.; on March 1 - 146 people from the OSCE mission in Rostov-on-Don; on March 2 - 180 people from the UN mission from Kyiv, 47 employees of the Greek embassy from Mariupol, and 51 people from the OSCE mission from Kharkiv," he said.