“We Are Safe”: Evacuated Students Heap Praise On Indian Embassy Officials

Delhi:

Indian embassy officers on Saturday evacuated a number of stranded college students from Ukraine and safely introduced them to Romanian capital Bucharest, from the place they may journey again to India.

An Air India flight, carrying the stranded Indians, will land in Mumbai at 4 pm this night. The air provider will function extra flights on Saturday to Bucharest and Hungarian capital Budapest to evacuate extra individuals.

Speaking to NDTV, one of many college students mentioned Indian embassy officers safely evacuated them from the crisis-hit nation and have been caring for all the pieces. “Our dad and mom are relieved and we’re very grateful to everybody concerned within the evacuation course of,” she mentioned.

Expressing her gratitude, one other scholar mentioned the embassy officers have been in fixed contact with the stranded college students after Russia introduced army operation in Ukraine. Additionally they made all important preparations, she added.

The Ukrainian airspace has been closed for civil plane operations because the morning of February 24 and subsequently, the evacuation flights are working out of Bucharest and Budapest.

India has stepped up efforts to evacuate its nationals by Ukraine’s land borders because the disaster escalated into warfare.

1000’s of stranded Indian college students have taken refuge in underground metro stations, bunkers and hostel basements, in search of their secure and quick evacuation from the war-torn nation.

The scholars have been sharing posts on social media platforms and in search of assist from the Indian authorities, as they face scarcity of meals, water and money.