The evacuation of over 600 Indian students stranded in Sumy, Ukraine, has begun. All 694 Indian students trapped in Sumy have boarded buses to Poltava, according to Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri. “When I checked with the control room last night, 694 Indian students remained in Sumy. They’ve all boarded buses to Poltava today “According to Mr Puri, who spoke to media.
According to the news agency Press Trust of India, a medical student at Sumy university who did not want to be identified verified that buses have arrived and students have begun boarding the buses. “We’ve been told we’ll be going to Poltava. I’m hoping that we’ll be able to reach a secure zone and that our ordeal will be done “He was quoted as saying
The students were moved as part of a civilian evacuation from Sumy and the town of Irpin in Kyiv, Ukraine, to Poltova, a city in central Ukraine, along a green corridor. Ukraine’s foreign ministry tweeted a video of Sumy civilians being evacuated, saying, “We appeal on Russia to agree on other humanitarian corridors in Ukraine.”
