Firoz Ahmad, 22, has been awake since 3 am, glued to his phone in his apartment in Odessa, Ukraine, watching the “darkest hours for Europe since World War Two” unfold.
Firoz is among hundreds of Indian students seeking the government’s help to return home as Russian forces launched military offensives in central and eastern Ukraine. As the Ukrainian government closed the airspace for civilian flights, the Indian embassy in Kyiv issued three advisories appealing for calm. The embassy said alternative arrangements were being made for the evacuation of Indians but did not provide any clarity.
