Ukraine: India To Operate Flights To Bucharest, Budapest; Check Advisories By Embassies

New Delhi: The Indian government is planning to operate two flights to Bucharest in Romania on Friday and one flight to Budapest in Hungary on Saturday to bring back Indians stranded in Ukraine, according to ANI.

The flights to Bucharest will be operated by Air India and will fly from Mumbai and Delhi. The cost of bringing back Indians will be borne by the government.

The Embassy of India in Ukraine also issued an advisory for all Indians that New Delhi was working to establish evacuation routes from Romania and Hungary.

The Indian Embassy in Hungary also put out an advisory that it was working to establish evacuation routes from Romania and Hungary. At present, teams are getting in place at checkpoints CHOP-ZAHONY (Hungarian border) near Uzhhorod and PORUBNE-SIRET (Romanian border) near Chernivtsi, it said.

Ukraine has closed its airspace. An Air India evacuation flight bound for Kyiv on Thursday morning turned back to Delhi midway.

Indian nationals arriving at the Poland-Ukraine border by public conveyance are advised to make for the Shehyni-Medyka border crossing: Embassy of India, Warsaw pic.twitter.com/l8RZt2xFl4

— ANI (@ANI) February 25, 2022

Embassy of India in Ukraine issues advisory to all Indian nationals/students in Ukraine – Govt of India is working to establish evacuation routes from Romania and Hungary pic.twitter.com/MUWwh8wTLG

— ANI (@ANI) February 25, 2022

Govt of India & Embassy of India working to establish evacuation routes from Romania & Hungary. At present, teams are getting in place at CHOP-ZAHONY Hungarian border near Uzhhorod, PORUBNE-SIRET Romanian Border near Chernivtsi: Indian Embassy in Hungary#RussiaUkraineConflict pic.twitter.com/cLHCUWYbEg

— ANI (@ANI) February 25, 2022