The Ministry of Foreign Affairs yesterday cautioned Taiwanese on volunteering to fight in Ukraine against invading Russian forces, citing the government’s stance on looking after its citizens’ safety.
The ministry’s comments came after a person posted on Professional Technology Temple (PTT), the nation’s largest online bulletin board system, that they were willing, in response to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s call for volunteers, to join the fight.
The person wrote that the Polish Office in Taipei had told them that foreign militias must register at Ukraine’s embassy in Warsaw.
The Polish office yesterday declined to comment on the issue.
The government’s stance is to
People have over the past few days been offering free drinks, snacks and meals to frontline medical personnel to express their gratitude for their hard work amid a surge in local COVID-19 infections.
Cardinal Tien Hospital department of public relations director Hsueh Kuei-wen (薛桂文) on Saturday thanked the public on behalf of the New Taipei City hospital, saying the medical personnel have been encouraged by the public support.
New Taipei City’s Yonghe District (永和) has been hit hard by the outbreak, but the hospital personnel have remained at their posts, Hsueh said.
It has been a challenge to set up screening stations in