India has evacuated 1,377 citizens from war-torn Ukraine in the previous 24 hours, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar stated today.
“Six flights have now departed for India in the closing 24 hours, such as the first flights from Poland. Carried lower back 1377 more Indian nationals from Ukraine,” Mr Jaishankar said in a tweet.
Under Operation Ganga, launched to evacuate citizens in Ukraine, India will operate over 26 flights in the next three days. With Ukraine’s airspace closed, airports in Romania, Hungary, Poland, and the Slovak Republic are being used to fly out Indians.
Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla the day prior to this told journalists that no Indian is left in the Ukraine capital Kyiv.
Russia has launched an offensive on civilian areas in quite a few cities and asked Kyiv residents to flee their homes. Satellite photographs showed a lengthy convoy of Russian troops on the roads leading to Kyiv. Hundreds of tanks, towed artillery, armored and logistical motors can be seen in the snap shots released by using a US-based house science company.
Around 16,000 Indian college students are nonetheless stranded in Ukraine. Since the Russian forces launched their invasion of Ukraine on Thursday, stranded students have been desperately looking for assist via media and social media, forwarding videos of their plight from railway stations, border posts, and bunkers. Alleging manhandling, they said they had been not being allowed to board trains.
Around 9,000 Indian nationals have left by using a number of special flights.
Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine on Thursday after months of tension over the former Soviet Republic’s proximity to NATO.
