Bhubaneswar: The Embassy of India in Kyiv, Ukraine, issued a new advisory on Sunday, assuring Indian nationals and students, stuck in the strife-torn country, that it is exploring and working to open up more borders with neighbouring countries to evacuate them.
Indian citizens are currently being evacuated from Ukraine through Hungary and Romania. Three Air India evacuation flights have already returned bringing back Indians from Ukraine. Two of these flights picked up Indians from Romania’s capital Bucharest, while the third one did so from Hungary’s capital Budapest. A fourth flight has already taken off from Bucharest.
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The Embassy has further advised Indians to use the nearby railway stations for movement out of the regions of active conflict and proceed towards the western region. They have been advised to travel in groups.
Ukraine Railways is safer and it is also operating special trains for evacuation of people free of charge, on a first come first serve basis, it further said.
They have been asked to follow the telegram channel and Facebook page of Ukrzaliznytsia for the latest information on trains.
Check the advisory here:
Meanwhile, Union External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar tweeted to inform that India has sought the support of
Moldova for facilitating the entry of its citizens on the Ukraine-Moldova border.
Called Foreign Minister @nicupopescu of Moldova seeking support for facilitating entry of our nationals on the Ukraine-Moldova border.
Appreciate his ready response and strong support.#TeamMEA representatives will accordingly reach there tomorrow.
— Dr. S. Jaishankar (@DrSJaishankar) February 27, 2022
He also spoke to Hungarian FM Peter Szijjártó for further cooperation on the Hungary-Ukraine border.
