Assam: Ukraine-Russia crisis: Firing stalls in Sumy to evacuate Indian students. Guwahati News – Times of India

GUWAHATI: The news of Russia announcing a ceasefire on Monday morning to open the humanitarian corridors came as a big relief to over 50 students from India. Assam stuck in sumi City in Ukraine. As soon as the good news spread, they queued up outside their hostels. But the enthusiasm was short-lived as the students saw that only three buses were sent for their evacuation, while the number of students waiting to be taken home was around 700.
Assam boy Arif Mahfouz Siddiqui told TOI over phone, “The girls were first asked to board. And then they were asked to get down. Our local parents told us that firing started again on those routes. from where the students will be evicted. Sumi.
The students were waiting for the arrival of buses for three hours since morning. They began to return to their hostels from Zamostanskaya 7th Street with a heavy heart. “Nothing is clear, neither from the Indian embassy, ​​nor from our local guardians,” he said.
Water and electricity connections have been damaged by airstrikes and students are facing a really tough time in Sumi. Many do not have food either in the bunkers where they are hiding. A large proportion of the Indian students at Sumy State University are foreign students.
Some students said it was reported by people associated with the Indian embassy that they should ‘quietly’ release Sumi earlier in the day. The information about the arrival of buses turned out to be correct. However, the students got angry when the buses left without taking them out. “I think they were fake buses,” said another student, Vishal DasResident of Guwahati. “How can they send three buses for 700 students?” He asked.
Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma On Monday, three more students from Assam, Surangana Dutta, candidate Deka and Rajshree BoroArrive Delhi. “So far 104 students from Assam have been evacuated from Ukraine,” Sarma tweeted.