Ukraine: India evacuates over 600 students stranded in Sumy

Updated : Mar 08, 2022 16:36
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Editorji News Desk

Union minister Hardeep Singh Singh Puri on Tuesday confirmed that the evacuation process for Indian students stranded in the war-torn Ukrainian city of Sumy has started.

He said that over 694 Indian students in Sumy were taken to the Ukrainian city of Poltova in buses. 

The students were finally evacuated after multiple attempts to create humanitarian corridors for safe passage of civilians failed. 

Also watch: Ukraine war: Over 200 schools, 34 hospital destroyed as Russia bombs cities overnight

The Indian students stranded in Sumy had shared several SOS videos urging Indian govt to help them while showing their poor and unhygienic living conditions. The students said they had run out of food and were collecting ice for water. 

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