Russia-Ukraine war: 15 stranded Odia students evacuated from Sumy

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Bhubaneswar: As many as 15 Odia among more than 700 Indian students have been evacuated from Ukraine’s Sumy. All the students were stuck in Ukraine for almost about two weeks suffering from a lack of food stock and water supply.

On the 14th day of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, Sumy is badly affected by the ongoing war. The city, an active warzone, is witnessing heavy shelling. Rail lines, roadways and bridges have been damaged.

The Indian students were first taken to Poltava, from where they boarded trains to western Ukraine, and were finally airlifted.

Taking to Twitter, MEA spokesperson Arindam Bagchi, “Happy to inform that we have been able to move out all Indian students from Sumy.

The development came a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to the Presidents of Ukraine and Russia to provide a safe passage to evacuate remaining Indian students who were stuck in Sumy. The humanitarian corridor was provided on Tuesday morning from 10 a.m.

Meanwhile, the Indian Embassy in Kyiv on Tuesday asked the remaining Indian nationals to leave Ukraine’s capital immediately using the announced ‘Humanitarian Corridor’ by any available means of transport, considering the security situation and that the next ‘Humanitarian Corridor’ is uncertain.

The government also said that over 17,100 Indian nationals have been brought back to India from the neighbouring countries of Ukraine so far.

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