India advises students stuck in Ukraine’s Sumy to be ready to leave on short notice

India advises students stuck in Ukraine’s Sumy to be ready to leave on short notice. (Photo: PTI/File)

The Indian Embassy in Ukraine on Sunday advised students stuck in Sumy to be ready to leave on short notice. The embassy claimed that there is a team stationed in Poltava City to coordinate the safe passage of Indian students stranded in Sumy. The time and date of the evacuation will be issued shortly, the embassy said in a social media post.

Taking to microblogging site Twitter, “Team from Embassy of India is stationed in Poltava City to coordinate the safe passage of Indian students stranded in Sumy to Western borders via Poltava. Confirmed time and date will be issued soon. Indian students advised to be ready to leave on short notice.”

Team from Embassy of India is stationed in Poltava City to coordinate the safe passage of Indian students stranded in Sumy to Western borders via Poltava.

Confirmed time & date will be issued soon. n students advised to be ready to leave on short notice.@MEAIndia @opganga

— India in Ukraine (@IndiainUkraine) March 6, 2022

Since the invasion began on February 24, the Indian government has been evacuating Indian nationals from Ukraine via neighbouring countries under Operation Ganga. So far, nearly 15,920 students have returned to India in 76 flights, the Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya M Scindia said in a tweet on Sunday.

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