With Ukraine’s airspace closed, India’s Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) is sending teams to “the land borders… in Hungary, Poland, the Slovak Republic, and Romania” to aid in the evacuation of Indian people stranded there. These countries share Ukraine’s western border, while Russia is attacking Ukraine from the east.
S Jaishankar, the Indian External Affairs Minister, tweeted that he has spoken to his counterparts in these four countries. Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla also stated that Indian Air Force aircraft is ready to be called into action in an evacuation. He said that out of the estimated 20,000 Indians in Ukraine, about 4,000 have managed to flee in the last two weeks.
MEA teams are dispatched to Hungary’s Zahony border post, located directly across from Uzhhorod in Ukraine’s Zakarpattia Oblast, Poland’s Krakowiec border; Slovakia’s Vyse Nemecke border; and Romania’s Suceava border. These teams have contacted Indian nationals in Ukraine around these border crossings.
