A total of 104 students from Karnataka arrived in Bengaluru till late Thursday night, taking the total number of students who have returned to 190. Thursday’s figure was the highest number of returnees under ‘Operation Ganga’.
However, data from the Karnataka State Disaster Management Authority (KSDMA) shows that there are 694 students from 30 districts across the State still trapped in Ukraine. With the situation in Ukraine deteriorating under the assault from Russia, worry of their safety is escalating.
On Thursday, Yeshwanth Reddy, a student from Karnataka stuck in Kharkiv, shared experiences of students trying to flee the war-torn country. In Kannada, he recounted how 200 students from Karnataka and 1,500 Indian students wanted to leave Kharkiv on Wednesday, but could not board the train as a lot of Ukranians were already on it.
