By PTI
NEW DELHI: Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Tuesday confirmed that the evacuation course of for Indian college students stranded within the war-torn Ukrainian metropolis of Sumy has began and they’re being been taken in buses to Poltava.
“Last night, I checked with the control room, 694 Indian students were remaining in Sumy. Today, they have all left in buses for Poltava,” Puri informed reporters right here.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday mentioned with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian chief Volodymyr Zelenskyy methods to begin the stalled evacuation of Indian college students from Ukraine’s besieged Sumy metropolis pummelled by the invading Russian forces.
India has introduced again over 17,100 of its nationals from Ukraine to date whereas Indian college students remained caught within the northeastern metropolis of Sumy with their evacuation depending on the facilitation of a protected passage by Russian and Ukrainian authorities.