The Ukrainian airspace has been restricted to civil aircraft operations since the morning of February 24th. Indian officials and the embassy in Ukraine and neighbouring countries have been working tirelessly to evacuate students from the country.
On Sunday, Air India’s third evacuation flight (AI1940), carrying 240 Indian nationals arrived in Delhi after departing from Budapest, Hungary.
External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar tweeted photos of the third flight of Operation Ganga.
Third flight of #OperationGanga with 240 Indian nationals has taken off from Budapest for Delhi.
Köszönöm szépen FM Peter Szijjártó. pic.twitter.com/22EHK3RK3V
— Dr. S. Jaishankar (@DrSJaishankar) February 26, 2022
The second evacuation flight (AI1942) from Bucharest, Romania, landed earlier at 2.45 a.m. on Sunday, carrying 250 Indian citizens who were stuck in Ukraine.
The first evacuation flight (AI1944) also brought the first batch of 219 people back from Bucharest to Mumbai on Saturday evening.
Jyotiraditya Scindia, Minister of Civil Aviation, greeted the evacuees at the airport by handing out roses.
More importantly, he sent out a message on behalf of the Government of India.
With MoS External Affairs, V Muraleedharan by his side, Scindia told the evacuees to spread the message that PM Modi’s government will not rest till each and every India is back home safely.
PM Sh @narendramodi Ji, along with all the government agencies are working round the clock to ensure every Indian is brought back home quick & safe. #OperationGanga https://t.co/O6HUS4Kbxi pic.twitter.com/k9QVvZVrGh
— Jyotiraditya M. Scindia (@JM_Scindia) February 26, 2022
It was the same message delivered personally inside another evacuation flight by India’s Ambassador to Romania.
🔲 #WATCH | “…Entire GoI is working day & night to evacuate everyone and our mission is not complete till we have evacuated the last person. Remember this day 26th Feb in your life”@AmbShrivastava Indian Ambassador in Romania to the evacuated Indians from #Ukraine @eoiromania pic.twitter.com/z6RNOcEuVN
— NewsMobile (@NewsMobileIndia) February 26, 2022
The Indians who arrived at the Ukraine-Romania border and the Ukraine-Hungary border were escorted by road to Bucharest and Budapest, with the help of Indian government officials. They were then flown back home on Air India flights.
In a recent development, the Indian embassy in Ukraine said that Ukraine Railways is also organising free emergency trains from Kyiv on a first-come, first-served basis, and advised Indian citizens to avoid conflict zones.
Ukraine Railways is additionally organising emergency trains at no cost, first come basis from Kyiv. Schedule can be found at train stations.
n diaspora is advised to move away from conflict zones to the Western region subject to security situation and the extant regulations.— India in Ukraine (@IndiainUkraine) February 27, 2022
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