BOKARO: Three medical students from Bokaro in Ukraine are among the several Indians stranded at the Romania-Ukraine border on Saturday after fleeing from different cities of the war-torn eastern European country.
According to the trio, they have traveled for six hours and 350km by bus from Vinnitsiya in Ukraine to the Romania border, which was closed. Security forces had also resorted to firing in the air to control the huge number of refugees at the border, said Ankit Kumar of Rajendra Nagar of Bari Cooperative in Bokaro. The other two students are Amit Kumar of Sector 6 and Pankaj Kumar Mahato of the Jainamoad area.
They are students of the Vinnitsiya Medical College. Ankit, 22, is in his first-year MBBS and went to Ukraine three months ago and has never been to the country before. He is yet to pick up the local language and doesn’t know the routes. Amit is also in his first year while Pankaj is a fourth-year student.
“We reached the Romanian border on Saturday night but we are not allowed in. So, like many Indians, I am also spending time outdoors,” Ankit said talking to TOI over the phone.
He also said there is a big rush at the border. “The Romanian guards have closed the border gate. They also fired in the air to control the crowd. Every hour or two, the guards open the gates for a few seconds and only a few people managed to get in. I don’t know how long we have to remain under the open sky in this cold weather. Please help us,” Ankit implored.
Meanwhile, Manmeet Kumar, a student from Jainamoad who is studying medicine in Kyiv, said he is still stuck in the Ukrainian capital. He said, “There is a curfew in Kyiv. Every day, I called up the Indian Embassy to request an evacuation but they told me that their condition is bad. India should do something for us to let us cross the Ukrainian border,” Kumar said.
The state control room set up at the instance of chief minister Hemant Soren in Ranchi said a total of 11 Bokaro residents have been identified in Ukraine.
According to the trio, they have traveled for six hours and 350km by bus from Vinnitsiya in Ukraine to the Romania border, which was closed. Security forces had also resorted to firing in the air to control the huge number of refugees at the border, said Ankit Kumar of Rajendra Nagar of Bari Cooperative in Bokaro. The other two students are Amit Kumar of Sector 6 and Pankaj Kumar Mahato of the Jainamoad area.
They are students of the Vinnitsiya Medical College. Ankit, 22, is in his first-year MBBS and went to Ukraine three months ago and has never been to the country before. He is yet to pick up the local language and doesn’t know the routes. Amit is also in his first year while Pankaj is a fourth-year student.
“We reached the Romanian border on Saturday night but we are not allowed in. So, like many Indians, I am also spending time outdoors,” Ankit said talking to TOI over the phone.
He also said there is a big rush at the border. “The Romanian guards have closed the border gate. They also fired in the air to control the crowd. Every hour or two, the guards open the gates for a few seconds and only a few people managed to get in. I don’t know how long we have to remain under the open sky in this cold weather. Please help us,” Ankit implored.
Meanwhile, Manmeet Kumar, a student from Jainamoad who is studying medicine in Kyiv, said he is still stuck in the Ukrainian capital. He said, “There is a curfew in Kyiv. Every day, I called up the Indian Embassy to request an evacuation but they told me that their condition is bad. India should do something for us to let us cross the Ukrainian border,” Kumar said.
The state control room set up at the instance of chief minister Hemant Soren in Ranchi said a total of 11 Bokaro residents have been identified in Ukraine.
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