Ghanaian students in Ukraine, through the State Department, appeal to the Ghanaian government to evacuate them from the war-torn country, fearing for their lives.
Ghanaians living or attending school in Ukraine are shocked by the apparent silence of the Ghanaian government on their situation in the country following the tensions.
Dr. Araba Maame Arkoah, a doctor in Ukraine, said in an interview with Accra-based broadcaster Starr FM: "We wonder if the government of Ghana has not heard what is happening here?
"We are getting more and more scared, we really need the government's help. The way it looks now, we need to come home. I am scared, very scared, everyone around me is scared."
Russia has launched a large-scale military assault on Ukraine, its southern neighbor, on orders from Russian President Vladimir Putin.
There are reports of attacks on Ukrainian military infrastructure throughout the country and Russian convoys entering from all directions.
Putin announced a "military operation" in the eastern Ukrainian region of Donbas. This area is home to many Russian-speaking Ukrainians. Parts of it have been occupied and administered by Russian-backed rebels since 2014.
Putin said Russia was intervening as an act of self-defense.
He urged Ukrainian soldiers in the combat zone to lay down their weapons and go home, but said clashes were inevitable and "only a matter of time."