Good to be back, thank govt for bringing us back: Indian nationals evacuated from Ukraine heave sigh of relief
India Today
The 250 Indian nationals who were brought back home on an Air India flight after being evacuated from Ukraine on Sunday morning heaved a sigh of relief after landing at Delhi airport.
Indian nationals, mostly students, who were evacuated from war-hit Ukraine, heaved a sigh of relief as an Air India flight carrying them landed at the Delhi airport in the early hours of Sunday.
Suriya Subhash from Maharashtra's Solapur, who was among the 250 Indian citizens brought back on the flight from the Romanian capital Bucharest, said she was relieved to be back in her country after a "hectic journey".
"The situation is very bad there (Ukraine). People are stranded," she said.
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Many students who were brought back to India were worried about their future educational prospects due to the Russian offensive in Ukraine.
Vipin Ad, a fifth-year MBBS student at the Bukovinian State Medical University, told PTI that he and his friends had to wait for approximately 12 hours at the Ukraine-Romania border on Friday as there were various procedures to complete.
Ad, who is from Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala, said he had to walk around 5 km along the border area as there was a massive traffic jam with people rushing out of the country.
