How Social Media Helped Indian Students Stuck In War-Hit Ukraine
NDTV
Ever since a Russian offensive began in Ukraine, social media platforms have been flooded with videos and photos by those stranded there, soldiers and even politicians.
A video of students stranded in the war-hit Ukrainian city of Sumy holding Indian flags and threatening to take up a journey to the Russian border on foot created an uproar in national and international media, which in turn, prompted the Indian authorities to fast-track their evacuation process.
Cut to Wednesday, all the stranded students have been evacuated from the northeastern Ukrainian city.
The incident provides an apt example of how social media helped people stuck in the ongoing war involving Russia and Ukraine.
Ever since a Russian offensive began in Ukraine, social media platforms have been flooded with videos and photos by those stranded in the east European country, soldiers and even politicians.
