Indians in Kyiv taking shelter in underground metro, says medical student evacuated from Ukraine
India Today
The first batch of Indian medical students who were stranded in Ukraine is on its way home after boarding a special evacuation flight from Bucharest.
The first batch of Indian medical students who were stranded in Ukraine is on its way home after boarding a special evacuation flight from Bucharest in Romania on Saturday.
Relief was palpable on the faces of the students, all girls, as they prepared to board their plane back home. Many have already been travelling for nearly 12 hours. The Air India evacuation flight will land in Mumbai at 4 pm.
Speaking to India Today, one student said she was grateful that they were in the western part of Ukraine, away from the combat zone and Russian airstrikes and shelling.
“We felt safe but at a point we were scared and our parents were really worried for us. But our university and the Indian embassy was there for us and rescued us as soon as possible,” she said.
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Another student said the Embassy of India in Ukraine was in constant touch with them and kept them updated on the evacuation procedure.
While these students are safe and sound and on their way home, there are thousands of others still stuck in Ukraine. Many of those are in the line of fire in Kyiv, Kharkiv and other provinces in the east.
