[Explanation] On February 25, local time, the situation in Ukraine deteriorated sharply.
According to Mr. Chen, a local employee of a Chinese-funded enterprise, at 4 a.m. that day, in Kiev, the capital of Ukraine, the sound of artillery shells sounded in the air.
Local residents are looking for safe places to hide.
[Same period] Mr. Chen, an employee of a Chinese-funded company stationed in Kiev
Now I stay in the office, because the house I lived in before was on the 20th floor, and the office was on the first floor.
I don't want to go to the subway in the air-raid shelter next to me for the time being, because there are so many people, and considering the factors of the epidemic, my personal feeling is that it was during the day yesterday. The situation is relatively stable, and everyone's fear has not yet come up, but In the evening of yesterday, a lot of people, including those who had not set out in the morning and left Kiev, also began to prepare, and they all hid in the subway entrance under the subway, or in other air-raid shelters.
[Explanation] Mr. Chen said that at around 4:20 in the morning, the wreckage of the downed missile fell on the residential building next to the streets of Kiev.
[Same period] Mr. Chen, an employee of a Chinese-funded company stationed in Kiev
At the Antonov Airport, 20 kilometers northwest of Kiev, since yesterday evening, (airplanes) kept flying around, and everyone started to do some evasive actions until 4:20 in the morning. Missiles started hitting Kiev's side again.
The alarm sounded just now, and then the corresponding explosion sound was heard several times, but the sound of this explosion was not that louder than that of the explosion at 4:20.
[Explanation] From 0:00 on the 24th local time, Ukraine implemented a 30-day state of emergency.
Mr. Chen said that the queue to withdraw money was very long, and the local exchange rate in Ukraine was completely chaotic. Although there was no major problem with the supply in the supermarket, it was not known whether the supermarket replenished the goods after a day.
[Same period] Mr. Chen, an employee of a Chinese-funded company stationed in Kiev
For withdrawals, I see that the queue is very long, but we usually swipe domestic credit cards.
Yesterday, the credit card can still be swiped, and it can be swiped in some large supermarkets, but for example, some small stores, such as I want to buy cat food, the owner of the cat food store, he will follow you Said, "I'm about to run away after selling this order, I don't swipe a credit card, you must use cash".
The Ukrainian exchange rate used to be 3,000 and 2,800 Gri for 100 US dollars, but yesterday it was changed from 100 US dollars to 4,000 Gri.
That is to say, its local exchange rate is completely messed up.
Everyone has withdrawn money one after another. If you have cash on your body, you may have a little protection, but the depreciation of this cash is also very large.
In yesterday's supermarket shelves, the supply was still relatively sufficient, but water, some stored grain, such as bread and so on, it grabbed very quickly.
If there is no replenishment today, it is estimated that there is basically no way to continue purchasing on the shelves today.
Whether it can be paid by credit card again is an unknown situation.
For refueling, many people fled Kiev yesterday. Generally, the restriction on refueling at gas stations is to allow you to add up to 20 liters per car, and then you may go to other gas stations to add up to 20 liters.
[Commentary] In the face of the sharp deterioration of the domestic situation in Ukraine, the Chinese Embassy in Ukraine announced on the evening of the 24th that it was preparing to return citizens in Ukraine by chartered flights in batches and began to register personnel. As of 19:00 on the 25th, Beijing time, the collection has been Nearly 7000 results.
[Same period] Mr. Chen, an employee of a Chinese-funded company stationed in Kiev
Starting yesterday afternoon, the (Chinese Embassy in Ukraine) embassy proposed to collect a corresponding piece of information in the enterprise group, and then at six o’clock in Kiev time, it sent a message on the public account to collect all the information of Chinese personnel in Ukraine. information.
Li Jiali reports from Beijing
Responsible editor: [Chen Wentao]