The student was shot while trying to escape Kyiv, Union Minister VK Singh informed new agency ANI
In the same week of an Indian student’s death in the midst of Russian shelling in Kharkiv in war-torn Ukraine, Union Minister VK Singh reports the death of an Indian student in Kyiv, Ukraine’s capital. The student was attempting to escape Kyiv.
It was then that he was wounded, reported Singh. He is reported to have been taken back into Kyiv to be treated in a hospital.
General (Retd.) VK Singh informed reporters at ANI at the Rzeszow airport in Poland, “We have heard reports that a student leaving Kyiv was shot. He was taken back into Kyiv and immediately taken to the hospital. This is happening in the fighting.”
Another Indian student killed in Kharkiv
An Indian student was killed in Kharkiv, Ukraine on Tuesday as he was waiting in a queue at a grocery store. Naveen Shekharappa was 21 years old. He was queueing up in front of the grocery store to stock up on food before he would take a train to escape Kharkiv.
VK Singh has further informed that the Government of India is making tireless efforts to ensure the safety of students and to ensure that a maximum number of students from Ukraine can make it out of war-torn Ukraine without casualties. Singh informed that nearly 1700 students are waiting to be evacuated from the country.
Special envoys sent to Ukraine to monitor the evacuation
Four ministers have been sent to the border countries of Ukraine to monitor the evacuation of Indians from the country.
General VK Singh is part of this special envoy. ANI reports Singh to have said,
“The Indian embassy had earlier cleared on the priority that everyone should leave Kyiv. In the event of war, the gun bullet does not look at anyone’s religion and nationality.”
Indian evacuation flights under the central government’s Operation Ganga have been bringing back students from Ukraine. Students are trying to reach borders from where flights are flying them back to India.
The Ministry of External Affairs has reported that nearly 17,000 Indians have crossed the borders of Ukraine since the issuance of advisories two weeks ago.
More than 6000 Indians, a large part of which consists of medical students have been brought back to India through evacuation flights.
Edited By : Kiran Maharana
Published By : K. Bindhiya Prarthana
