Ukraine disaster: Indian college students of Sumy State University delay dangerous trek by warfront

Express News Service

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Around 700 Indian college students of Sumy State University in Ukraine, who had deliberate to undertake the massive threat of strolling 50 km by the warfare entrance to the Russian border, have deferred the transfer.  This, after the Indian embassy promised their secure evacuation quickly and urged them to remain put within the college in the intervening time.

“We were at our wit’s end when we came to know that evacuation of Indians from all other parts of Ukraine, except Sumy, was progressing. We felt we were abandoned. In such a stage, taking the huge risk was the only option before us,” stated Niranjana Santhosh, a medical pupil who hails from Thrissur.

The video message, by which Niranjana and different college students introduced their plan to stroll to the border, had gone viral on Saturday, prompting the Indian Embassy to intervene urgently. 

“It was also the news of the ceasefire that prompted us to head to the Russian border. But as we prepared to move, we could hear loud blasts and gunfire from afar. This convinced us that the fighting was still on,” she added.

Meanwhile, a bunch of round 150 Nigerian college students paid by the nostril to rearrange buses to the border. But they have been stopped only a few kilometres from Sumy by the Ukrainian forces, the scholars stated.

Meanwhile, the combating eased a bit on Sunday and the scholars have been in a position to spend a while out of the bunkers. The college has now organized a tanker that would supply consuming water in restricted portions each morning to the scholars.  

“We are still huddled together, with our bags packed and ready for an evacuation anytime, as promised by the Indian embassy. Maybe it’s our medical education background that has given us the mental strength to endure these hardships. But the big question is: for how long can we hold on,” stated Raifa Fatima, a fifth-year pupil of the college.

Meanwhile, a course from Indian Embassy to the scholars on Sunday to replenish registration types has raised hopes of an imminent evacuation from the war-torn nation.