Kyiv, March 02: The Indian Embassy in Ukraine issued an urgent advisory to all nationals stranded in Kharkiv to leave the city immediately and reach Pesochin, Babaye or Bezlyudovka settlements under all circumstances by 6 pm (9.30 pm IST). The embassy tweeted the advisory around 1.30 pm (5 pm IST).
Indian embassy tweeted, “URGENT ADVISORY TO ALL INDIAN NATIONALS IN KHARKIV. FOR THEIR SAFETY AND SECURITY THEY MUST LEAVE KHARKIV IMMEDIATELY. PROCEED TO PESOCHIN, BABAYE AND BEZLYUDOVKA AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. UNDER ALL CIRCUMSTANCES THEY MUST REACH THESE SETTLEMENTS *BY 1800 HRS (UKRAINIAN TIME) TODAY*.”
URGENT ADVISORY TO ALL INDIAN NATIONALS IN KHARKIV.
FOR THEIR SAFETY AND SECURITY THEY MUST LEAVE KHARKIV IMMEDIATELY.
PROCEED TO PESOCHIN, BABAYE AND BEZLYUDOVKA AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
UNDER ALL CIRCUMSTANCES THEY MUST REACH THESE SETTLEMENTS *BY 1800 HRS (UKRAINIAN TIME) TODAY*.— India in Ukraine (@IndiainUkraine) March 2, 2022
Out of the 20,000 Indians stranded in war-torn Ukraine, 6,000 have been brought back to the country so far and the Centre is making all efforts for the safe return of the remaining ones, Union minister of state for external affairs V Muraleedharan said on Wednesday.
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“There were around 20,000 students/citizens who were stranded in Ukraine. Of them, 4,000 were brought back to India before February 24. Additional 2,000 students were brought back to India till Tuesday and efforts are on to evacuate the remaining Indians stuck there,” he said.
Since the number of stranded persons is big, defence aircraft are being used to bring them back to India.
With the help of Ukraine’s neighbouring countries Romania, Poland, Hungary and Slovakia, the students are being evacuated to India.
The Union government has initiated ‘Operation Ganga’ to bring back Indians stranded in Ukraine.
