An Air Peace charter flight scheduled to evacuate Nigerians fleeing Ukraine from Poland on Thursday has been postponed, Channelstv reports.

According to a Ministry of Foreign Affairs official, Bolaji Akinremi, the flight was postponed due to a delay in preparing passengers for the check-in process.

The flight has now been scheduled for Friday morning.

Thelagostimes recalls that the Federal Government had, on Wednesday, said it has approved $8.5m for the evacuation of citizens.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama had also disclosed that about 2,000 Nigerians fled Ukraine, amid the Russian invasion, to neigbouring countries.

According to the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Zubairu Dada, the countries where the pickup flights would be headed include – Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, and Romania.

Two flights from Air Peace and one from Max Air are expected to carry out the evacuation exercise.