Air Peace Deploys Aircraft To Evacuate Stranded Nigerians In Ukraine

Air Peace on Thursday deployed its aircraft to evacuate Nigerians stranded in Europe following the invasion of Ukraine by Russia.

The airline’s spokesman, Mr Stanley Olisa, said this in a statement in Lagos on Thursday.

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“This is the first batch of Nigerians to be evacuated since the war broke out.

“The aircraft departed Nigeria at 2.20 a.m. today, March 3, 2022, for Warsaw, Poland,” said the statement.

Recall that the Federal Government has engaged Air Peace and another airline to evacuate over 2,000 Nigerian nationals from neighbouring countries such as Poland, Romania, Hungary and Slovakia.

The news of Air Peace deploying planes to rescue stranded Nigerians in Ukraine came as German car giant,  Volkswagen (VW) said it would stop its vehicle production in Russia “until further notice” and “immediately” halt exports to Russia in light of the attack on Ukraine.

VW operated its own car production sites in Kaluga, south-west of Moscow and Nizhny Novgorod, further east.

The company on Thursday,  announced that production at both sites would be stopped for the time being.

No cars from among the VW Group brands, including Audi, Porsche and Skoda would be exported to Russia, it said in a statement.

On Wednesday, luxury carmaker Mercedes-Benz said it was halting business with Russia.

Selling to or buying from Russian companies had become far harder in the days since the Kremlin launched its invasion due to sanctions imposed by the international community.

German carmakers had  been particularly hard hit and the conflict had affected for example the provision of wiring harnesses from Ukraine that relayed  information and electric power around a vehicle.

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