New Delhi: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday and requested his urgent intervention for Indian students stranded in Ukraine.
In his letter, Vijayan said that many people (mostly young students), who have taken refuge in bunkers are going without food and water, and are in a thoroughly disturbed mental state. The Chief Minister also mentioned that a large number of students have walked to the Poland border braving freezing cold, but the Ukraine officials are not allowing them to cross the border. ‘There are reports that force is being used against them. Step for sending officials from our embassy, who can effectively communicate with the Ukraine officials at the border may be taken immediately’, Pinarayi Vijayan requested.
The letter noted that urgent help for evacuating them through Russia is required, and urged the Centre to take immediate steps for opening the route through Moldovia. Meanwhile, a total of 25 Indian students from Ukraine will be arriving at Thiruvananthapuram today by two flights. For this, the Chief Minister, in his letter also thanked the Government of India and Ministry of External Affairs for steps taken so far.
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Notably, the fourth flight has left Bucharest (Romania) for Delhi to bring back 198 stranded Indians from Ukraine safely under operation Ganga, External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar said on Sunday. Amid the ongoing Ukraine-Russia crisis, the Indian Embassy in Kyiv has advised Indian citizens against moving to any of the border checkpoints without prior coordination with government officials at border posts.
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