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Ground Report | New Delhi: Indian students trapped in Ukraine; So far, 16,000 citizens have been flown to India by 76 planes as part of Operation Ganga, which was carried out for the return of Indians stranded in Ukraine. However, 700 students are still trapped in Sumy.
The government has announced the latest phase of the campaign on Sunday. But the future of the students trapped in Sumy is still uncertain. The situation in Sumy, located in northeastern Ukraine, 300 kilometres from the capital Kyiv, remains tense.
Forced to quench their thirst by melting ice and hungry for food, hundreds of Indian students take to the streets every morning hoping that today will be the day they are taken out of this war-torn country. However, this wait is getting longer as there is still no safe way in this area from which the Indians can be taken to the Russian border.
The Indian Embassy in Hungary has indicated that the rescue operation is in its final stages.
India is bringing its citizens from Romania, Poland, Hungary, Slovakia and Moldova. The first flight carrying Indians arrived in India from Bucharesch on February 26.
According to the authorities, in the last 24 hours, some 2,500 Indians have been brought back by 13 planes. He said seven more flights will take place in the next 24 hours to bring back Indians stranded in Hungary, Romania and Poland.
An official said that so far 15,920 Indians have been brought in on 76 planes under Operation Ganga. Of these, 13 planes have arrived in the last 24 hours.
During a program in Pune on Sunday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, referring to the success of Operation Ganga, said that India's influence on the world stage is increasing. He said: "Through Operation Ganga, we brought back thousands of Indians safely from the war zone. It is only the growing influence of India that thousands of students can come from Ukraine to their homeland. The big countries they have to face difficulties in evacuating their citizens.
VK Singh, a minister in the Modi government, tweeted that Indian student Harjot Singh will also be brought to Delhi on Monday. He was shot when he was trying to escape from Kiev. At the same time, Naveen SG, a medical student from Karnataka, died after being hit by shelling in Kharkiv on March 1.
Some students stuck in Sumy express their pain on social media. One such student wrote in the video message: "There is no water here, the electricity supply is also interrupted. There is no money in the ATM. The girls do not have sanitary pads."
India contacted the Russian and Ukrainian governments on Saturday, giving a message that they should immediately implement a ceasefire in Sumy and allow safe passage for 700 Indians. Sunday was the eleventh day of Russia's attack on Ukraine.
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