On Sunday, foreign secretary Shringla briefed reporters on the rescue mission for Indian students. He said, a multi-pronged evacuation plan, code-named Operation Ganga was launched to fly stranded citizens out of Ukraine. There are approximately 20,000 Indians, mostly students living in Ukraine. Of them, 4,000 had moved out before the conflict began on the grounds of the advisory dispatched by the embassy in Kyiv.<\/p>\n
According to Shringla around 15,000 Indians are stuck in the country. So far 1,000 students have been brought back from Ukraine and more will come through the week. Four flights have already arrived with students evacuated from Romania and Hungary and two flights are likely to depart Sunday night or Monday morning.<\/p>\n
With 16,000 Indian students still stuck in Ukraine, many have shared photos and videos on social media from underground bunkers, metro stations, and bomb shelters, where they have been hiding since the Russian attack started last Thursday.<\/p>\n
#Indianstudents stuck in #Romania feel as if the #IndianEmbassy has forsaken them. (1\/n)
\n#Ukraine<\/p>\n
\n#Indianstudents<\/a> stuck in #Romania<\/a> feel as if the #IndianEmbassy<\/a> has forsaken them. (1\/n)#Ukraine<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/5iyEq4Lq6t<\/a><\/p>\n
— The Federal (@TheFederal_in) March 1, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n