New Delhi: India on Sunday continued its efforts to evacuate over 700 Indian students from the northeastern city of Ukraine. sumi But fierce shelling and air strikes continued, with little success.
Separately, the Indian embassy in Hungary said it is in the “final stage” of its evacuation mission and asked students who are staying at their residences to reach Budapest to return to India.
India has brought back more than 15,920 of its citizens in 76 flights under the mission.Operation Ganga‘ which was started after the military invasion of Russia on 26 February UkraineAccording to the officials here.
On the Indians stranded in Sumi, people familiar with the matter said there was no indication yet from the Russian and Ukrainian sides to create a “humanitarian corridor” or to impose a ceasefire to evacuate them, adding that India had no say in such an arrangement. Despite repeated calls of
He said that India is intensifying efforts to expel students from Sumy State University at the earliest.
One of the people mentioned above said, “There has been no real movement. But we are continuing our efforts to get them out.”
India has been urging both Russian and Ukrainian authorities to create a safe route for students to exit Romania, Hungary or Poland to the Russian border or into western Ukraine.
On Saturday morning, Indian students posted a video saying that they have decided to leave for the Russian border and that the Indian government and the embassy in Ukraine will be responsible if anything happens to them.
Following the video, the Indian embassy in Ukraine requested him not to put his life in danger and said it would leave no stone unturned to rescue him.
After the assurance, the students calmed down.
Colonel General Mikhail Myzintsev, head of Russia’s National Center for State Defense Control, claimed on Saturday that Ukraine’s side has refused to agree to a Russian proposal to open humanitarian corridors in Kharkiv and Sumy.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Arindam Bagchi said on Saturday that almost all Indians have left Kharkiv and the evacuation from Pisochin is nearing completion.
The Indian Embassy in Hungary suggested that the evacuation mission from the country is nearing completion as it begins the final phase of flights under operation.
India is repatriating its citizens from Romania, Poland, Hungary, Slovakia and Moldova after they crossed over from Ukraine to these countries through land border transit points.
Ukraine closed its airspace to civilian aircraft after Russia launched a military operation.
According to officials, around 2,500 Indians were evacuated in 13 flights in the last 24 hours.
He said that seven flights are scheduled in the next 24 hours to bring back stranded Indians from Hungary, Romania and Poland. There will be five flights from Budapest, one each from Razzo in Poland and Suceava in Romania.
“So far, 76 flights have brought back 15,920 Indians under Operation Ganga. Out of these 76 flights, 13 have landed in the last 24 hours,” an official said.
The Indian Embassy in Hungary asked Indian students, who are still in that country, to return to India to report at designated contact points.
“Important Announcement: Embassy of India commenced its final phase of Operation Ganga Udans today. All students residing in their own accommodation (other than those arranged by the Embassy) are requested to visit @Hungariacitycentre, Rakoczi Ut 90, Budapest at 10 am Arrive between noon to 12 noon,” it said.
Separately, the Indian Embassy in Ukraine asked all Indian nationals who are still stranded in the conflict-torn country to fill up an online form on an urgent basis.
“All Indian citizens who are still residing in Ukraine are requested to fill in the details contained in the attached Google Form on an urgent basis. Stay safe stay strong,” it tweeted.
The information requested in the Google Form is name, email, phone number, address of current stay, passport details, gender and age.
The embassy also asked to indicate the current location of Indians still stranded in Ukraine.
A list of places is provided in the form and option to select the location from the list.
The places mentioned in the online form are Cherkasy, Chernihiv, Chernivtsi, Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Ivano-Frankivsk, Kharkiv, Kherson, Khmelnitsky, Kirovograd, Kyiv, Luhansk, Lviv, Mykolaiv and Odessa.
In the list Poltava, Rivne, Sumi, Ternopil, Vinitsya, VolynZakarpattya, Zaporozhzhya and Zhytomyr.
Officials said more than 21,000 Indians have so far left Ukraine since the consultations were issued a few weeks before the start of the conflict.
Of these, 199220 Indians have already reached India.
Six consignments of humanitarian aid were earlier sent to Ukraine and another tranche weighing six tonnes was sent to Poland by an IAF flight on Sunday.
Officials said the control rooms of the Ministry of External Affairs as well as the control centers run by Indian embassies continue to function on a 24×7 basis.
According to officials, the control room of the Ministry of External Affairs has processed 12435 calls and 9026 emails till Sunday afternoon.
Separately, the Indian embassy in Hungary said it is in the “final stage” of its evacuation mission and asked students who are staying at their residences to reach Budapest to return to India.
India has brought back more than 15,920 of its citizens in 76 flights under the mission.Operation Ganga‘ which was started after the military invasion of Russia on 26 February UkraineAccording to the officials here.
On the Indians stranded in Sumi, people familiar with the matter said there was no indication yet from the Russian and Ukrainian sides to create a “humanitarian corridor” or to impose a ceasefire to evacuate them, adding that India had no say in such an arrangement. Despite repeated calls of
He said that India is intensifying efforts to expel students from Sumy State University at the earliest.
One of the people mentioned above said, “There has been no real movement. But we are continuing our efforts to get them out.”
India has been urging both Russian and Ukrainian authorities to create a safe route for students to exit Romania, Hungary or Poland to the Russian border or into western Ukraine.
On Saturday morning, Indian students posted a video saying that they have decided to leave for the Russian border and that the Indian government and the embassy in Ukraine will be responsible if anything happens to them.
Following the video, the Indian embassy in Ukraine requested him not to put his life in danger and said it would leave no stone unturned to rescue him.
After the assurance, the students calmed down.
Colonel General Mikhail Myzintsev, head of Russia’s National Center for State Defense Control, claimed on Saturday that Ukraine’s side has refused to agree to a Russian proposal to open humanitarian corridors in Kharkiv and Sumy.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Arindam Bagchi said on Saturday that almost all Indians have left Kharkiv and the evacuation from Pisochin is nearing completion.
The Indian Embassy in Hungary suggested that the evacuation mission from the country is nearing completion as it begins the final phase of flights under operation.
India is repatriating its citizens from Romania, Poland, Hungary, Slovakia and Moldova after they crossed over from Ukraine to these countries through land border transit points.
Ukraine closed its airspace to civilian aircraft after Russia launched a military operation.
According to officials, around 2,500 Indians were evacuated in 13 flights in the last 24 hours.
He said that seven flights are scheduled in the next 24 hours to bring back stranded Indians from Hungary, Romania and Poland. There will be five flights from Budapest, one each from Razzo in Poland and Suceava in Romania.
“So far, 76 flights have brought back 15,920 Indians under Operation Ganga. Out of these 76 flights, 13 have landed in the last 24 hours,” an official said.
The Indian Embassy in Hungary asked Indian students, who are still in that country, to return to India to report at designated contact points.
“Important Announcement: Embassy of India commenced its final phase of Operation Ganga Udans today. All students residing in their own accommodation (other than those arranged by the Embassy) are requested to visit @Hungariacitycentre, Rakoczi Ut 90, Budapest at 10 am Arrive between noon to 12 noon,” it said.
Separately, the Indian Embassy in Ukraine asked all Indian nationals who are still stranded in the conflict-torn country to fill up an online form on an urgent basis.
“All Indian citizens who are still residing in Ukraine are requested to fill in the details contained in the attached Google Form on an urgent basis. Stay safe stay strong,” it tweeted.
The information requested in the Google Form is name, email, phone number, address of current stay, passport details, gender and age.
The embassy also asked to indicate the current location of Indians still stranded in Ukraine.
A list of places is provided in the form and option to select the location from the list.
The places mentioned in the online form are Cherkasy, Chernihiv, Chernivtsi, Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Ivano-Frankivsk, Kharkiv, Kherson, Khmelnitsky, Kirovograd, Kyiv, Luhansk, Lviv, Mykolaiv and Odessa.
In the list Poltava, Rivne, Sumi, Ternopil, Vinitsya, VolynZakarpattya, Zaporozhzhya and Zhytomyr.
Officials said more than 21,000 Indians have so far left Ukraine since the consultations were issued a few weeks before the start of the conflict.
Of these, 199220 Indians have already reached India.
Six consignments of humanitarian aid were earlier sent to Ukraine and another tranche weighing six tonnes was sent to Poland by an IAF flight on Sunday.
Officials said the control rooms of the Ministry of External Affairs as well as the control centers run by Indian embassies continue to function on a 24×7 basis.
According to officials, the control room of the Ministry of External Affairs has processed 12435 calls and 9026 emails till Sunday afternoon.