"Anxiety Now Is To Save Students": Supreme Court On Ukraine Petitions
NDTV
Indians in Ukraine: The government told the Supreme Court that a group of students stuck at the Romanian border would be flown to India today
The Supreme Court while hearing petitions by Indian students in Ukraine who are waiting to be evacuated today took note of the government's efforts to bring them home, and expressed concerns over their safety.
The government said a group of students stuck at the Romanian border would be flown to India today. The petitioner, Ahana Fathima, is among 72 students who would return home in the same flight, the government's top lawyer KK Venugopal told the Supreme Court.
"It is unfortunate that we have not learned lessons from history where human race fighting for wars and killing people. And I know that conflict can be resolved by negotiation. Unfortunately, we have no say in these issues. The anxiety right now is to save students," Chief Justice of India NV Ramana said.
The government's lawyer said some 17,000 Indians have been evacuated from Ukraine and approximately 7,000 are stranded in the conflict-hit east European nation, where Russian forces have been advancing towards city after city amid heavy bombardment and shelling.
