A senior Indian diplomat said that the neighboring countries are helping in the evacuation of stranded students and they are facing difficulties due to traffic jams and long queues on the Ukrainian side of the border.
India’s Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla who was present at the high-level meeting chaired by PM Narendra Modi informed on Tuesday that the session began with an expression of profound sadness over Indian student, Naveen Shekharappa’s death who lost his life in Russian shelling in Ukraine’s Kharkiv on Tuesday morning.
Shringla further informed that there are no Indian nationals left in Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine, which is currently under attack by Russian troops. The Foreign Secretary also disclosed that a special team of officers has been sent to Belgorod (in Russia) which is close to Kharkiv, to extract Indian citizens from the conflict zone, specifying that evacuation from Kharkiv is the current priority.
Meanwhile, Ukraine on Wednesday asked the anxious mothers of Russian troops captured on the battlefield to come and collect their sons, in an apparent attempt to embarrass Moscow, reports news agency AFP. “A decision has been taken to hand over captured Russian troops to their mothers if they come to collect them in Ukraine, in Kyiv,” the defense ministry said in a statement.
Presently, another Indian student lost his life in Ukraine raising anger towards the Indian government for waiting so long before working towards evacuating the students.
A netizen shared this picture writing, “Another Indian student Chandan Jindal from Barnala Punjab has lost his life to the never-ending incompetence and cowardice of Modi Govt #RussianUkrainianWar”
Another Indian student Chandan Jindal from Barnala Punjab has lost his life to the never ending incompetence and cowardice of Modi Govt #RussianUkrainianWar https://t.co/u3zGqY40rZ pic.twitter.com/Hf0703orME
— Arjun (@arjundsage1) March 2, 2022
Operation Ganga: Nearly 17,000 Indians left Ukraine, 15 flights scheduled in next 24 hrs, says MEA
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— ANI Digital (@ani_digital) March 2, 2022
On a happier note, Operation Ganga has managed to lift off close to 17,000 Indians, ANI tweeting, “Nearly 17,000 Indians left Ukraine, 15 flights scheduled in next 24 hrs, says MEA”
Indian Students from Ukraine to be Allowed to Finish Studies in Polish Universities
He told the Indian students in Poland that their education will not be hampered by the war and promised students who were stranded in Ukraine, and currently in Poland, that their education will be completed in Polish universities.
The former chief of Army Staff and currently a Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways and Civil Aviation, Government of India, General Vijay Kumar Singh is one of the four ministers who are currently in the border countries of Ukraine and is right now in Poland to ensure safe evacuation and better coordination between the students and embassy, evacuating students from Ukraine amidst the Russian aggression and escalating situation in Ukraine.
Indians stranded anywhere near the borders of these countries, stay together and get in touch with this helpdesk. #General_In_Poland #OperationGanga pic.twitter.com/XOmoBwJ6co
— General Vijay Kumar Singh (@Gen_VKSingh) March 1, 2022
Russian airborne troops landed in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv on Wednesday, the Ukrainian army said, adding that there were immediate clashes. “Russian airborne troops landed in Kharkiv… and attacked a local hospital,” the army said in a statement on messaging app Telegram and Russia intensifies attacks on Ukrainian cities, officials say.
After a Russian strike on a TV tower, air raid sirens shrilled in the capital Kyiv on Wednesday. According to Ukraine’s military, Russian paratroopers landed in Kharkiv, the country’s second-largest city. Kharkiv’s mayor said on Wednesday multiple people have been killed and more than 100 have been injured during the night.
In the south, Russian troops surrounded the city of Kherson, but the mayor claims it is still under Ukrainian control.
Back in India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi chairs a high-level meeting on the Ukraine issue at 8:30 pm tonight to discuss the situation.