"Can't Even Go To Market, How Can We Travel 20 Hours?": Indians In Ukraine

Many Indian students say they are left with few resources as Russian troops continued their invasion of Ukraine.

Having survived the academic rigours of cutthroat rankings, competitions, financial constraints, for many Indian students in Ukraine, it has now come down to a fight for survival.

"We are very stressed. It is impossible for us to travel to the west border of Ukraine to cross over to neighbouring countries like Romania. It's around 2,000 km away from us. We can't even go to a nearby supermarket, let alone travel to the western border. We can hear bombing, shelling throughout the day. We've not even been told how to move," Lakshmy, a student at the Kharkiv National Medical University, told NDTV.

Lakshmy has been sheltering in a makeshift bunker in the basement of a building near their private hostel along with other students of the same university.

"All we know is we have to stay in these bunkers. We don't know how long we can survive like this. Food, water everything is running out. We are eating bananas and biscuits. With the first explosion itself, we lost all Wi-Fi connectivity. Now, we are talking to our families with the internet through our SIM cards. Who knows how long this will last?" Nandan, a third-year student living in Kharkiv, told NDTV.