EVACUATED. Philippine Ambassador to Poland Leah Basinag-Ruiz (center, wearing a mask) receives the first 37 Filipinos in Lviv after they were evacuated from the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, on Friday night (Feb. 25, 2022). The number increased to 40 as of February 26. (Photo courtesy of Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Sarah Arriola) MANILA - About 40 Filipinos have so far been safely evacuated from Ukraine, with some awaiting repatriating flights in nearby countries, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said on Monday. In a statement, the DFA's Office of the Undersecretary for Migrant Workers Affairs (OUMWA) said these Filipinos awaiting flights are in Poland, Hungary, and Moldova while six so far have returned home to the Philippines. This, after a team from the Philippine Embassy in Warsaw, Poland, after weeks of coordination with the Filipino community in Ukraine, met with a group of Filipinos who fled to Lviv during Russia's invasion. The DFA, it said, has received reports