Around 22,500 Indian nationals returned to India from Ukraine between February 1 and March 11, Minister of State for Civil Aviation V.K. Singh said on March 21.
The Ukrainian authorities shut down the country’s airspace for civilian aircraft after the Russian invasion on February 24.
India started evacuating its citizens from Ukraine’s neighbouring countries such as Poland, Romania and Hungary from February 26. A total of 90 evacuation flights were operated under Operation Ganga, including 14 Indian Air Force flights, the Minister said.
