Every moment in the bunker was like a missile waiting to hit us. This is a new life for us, coming back safely to India,” said Ashwin Sandhu. Ghaziabad arrival area hindon Indian Air Force base on Friday, others in the group of Indians sumi The girl from Punjab arrived with Sandhu, hugged each other and waved the tricolor. Some quietly fed their pets. A joke, perhaps, broke another group into a swarm.
In extreme danger that they had found themselves for more than two weeks until an exit that seemed impossible, the Sumi group found each other, a kinship that was evident in the Air Force Base’s arrival hall and one that Will probably be with them for life.
His sentiments were echoed by another 461 people, mostly students, who landed at the IGI airport on the same day.
213 Indians, who arrived at the IAF base, were among the last to be evacuated from the Ukrainian city near the Russian border as the war escalated through the humanitarian corridor, following which PM Modi called on the Russian and Ukrainian presidents for their safe passage. had called.
The Sumi group landed at 12.20 pm in a C-17 Globemaster that took off from Poland. Students from Punjab, UP, Haryana and several other states said they had run out of food for three days before they were evacuated and survived on bottled water stored in the Sumy State University bunker from local markets before the bombings. and destroyed major installations.
More than 3,000 students stranded so far Ukraine Indian Air Force has safely evacuated from Poland. Expect more to come. 146 students from Budapest were evacuated from the Globemaster, which landed at the airport around 6 a.m. Thursday.
“I was about to complete my fourth year of MBBS and did not want to return, but the constant air strikes scared us. We were without food for four days and water was limited which barely kept us hydrated. None of us Didn’t even think so. War would break out. I’m glad I made it alive,” said MehtabWho hails from Champaran in Bihar and was studying MBBS from Sumi.
The students said that they had tried to escape from the bunkers twice, but had to back down due to the shelling around them. “We were exhausted, going into the bunkers every time the alarm sounded and returning to the hostel after the air raid was over. We tried twice to exit the bunkers and board the bus to the Polish border, but the bombings started both times And we had to run back inside. The journey from Sumi to Poland took about three days, after which we were able to board the Air Force plane on Thursday.”
With relief from being returned to Indian soil, the evacuated were worried about their future as many have only a few months to complete their medical courses. “My MBBS course will be completed in the next three months and our parents have spent Rs 30-40 lakh as fees till now. Our government has helped us all to get back safely. Now, I hope I think it will do something to protect our careers. All right,” said Deepesh Gaur, a resident of Faridabad.
Others were concerned about the friends he had made in Ukraine who are from other countries and have yet to leave. Krishnananda, who is from Tiruchirappalli Tamil NaduSaid: “I want to thank the Indian government for evacuating us. I have friends from other countries who are stuck at the borders even after paying up to Rs 1 lakh for taxis. I hope they will soon Will come back to his own country.”
In extreme danger that they had found themselves for more than two weeks until an exit that seemed impossible, the Sumi group found each other, a kinship that was evident in the Air Force Base’s arrival hall and one that Will probably be with them for life.
His sentiments were echoed by another 461 people, mostly students, who landed at the IGI airport on the same day.
213 Indians, who arrived at the IAF base, were among the last to be evacuated from the Ukrainian city near the Russian border as the war escalated through the humanitarian corridor, following which PM Modi called on the Russian and Ukrainian presidents for their safe passage. had called.
The Sumi group landed at 12.20 pm in a C-17 Globemaster that took off from Poland. Students from Punjab, UP, Haryana and several other states said they had run out of food for three days before they were evacuated and survived on bottled water stored in the Sumy State University bunker from local markets before the bombings. and destroyed major installations.
More than 3,000 students stranded so far Ukraine Indian Air Force has safely evacuated from Poland. Expect more to come. 146 students from Budapest were evacuated from the Globemaster, which landed at the airport around 6 a.m. Thursday.
“I was about to complete my fourth year of MBBS and did not want to return, but the constant air strikes scared us. We were without food for four days and water was limited which barely kept us hydrated. None of us Didn’t even think so. War would break out. I’m glad I made it alive,” said MehtabWho hails from Champaran in Bihar and was studying MBBS from Sumi.
The students said that they had tried to escape from the bunkers twice, but had to back down due to the shelling around them. “We were exhausted, going into the bunkers every time the alarm sounded and returning to the hostel after the air raid was over. We tried twice to exit the bunkers and board the bus to the Polish border, but the bombings started both times And we had to run back inside. The journey from Sumi to Poland took about three days, after which we were able to board the Air Force plane on Thursday.”
With relief from being returned to Indian soil, the evacuated were worried about their future as many have only a few months to complete their medical courses. “My MBBS course will be completed in the next three months and our parents have spent Rs 30-40 lakh as fees till now. Our government has helped us all to get back safely. Now, I hope I think it will do something to protect our careers. All right,” said Deepesh Gaur, a resident of Faridabad.
Others were concerned about the friends he had made in Ukraine who are from other countries and have yet to leave. Krishnananda, who is from Tiruchirappalli Tamil NaduSaid: “I want to thank the Indian government for evacuating us. I have friends from other countries who are stuck at the borders even after paying up to Rs 1 lakh for taxis. I hope they will soon Will come back to his own country.”