Over 300 Odia students pursuing medicine programmes in Ukraine have pleaded for evacuation, informed Ravi Kant, Resident Commissioner, Odisha, on Friday.
“We have information about 325 persons stuck in various parts of Ukraine. Requests for evacuation are coming from the stranded students and their family members back home,” said Mr. Kant, who is the nodal officer for the safe return of students and workers, over phone. The number is likely to go up, he stated.
“The airspace is closed and there has been heavy shelling. Plans are afoot to take stranded Indians to borders of other countries such as Romania, Poland and Hungary. Once they cross border, situation can be termed under control,” he observed. He hoped that Indians would start crossing borders by Friday night or Saturday morning.
