Summary
The weekend curfew in Kyiv has been lifted and students can go to the railway station to get out of the city, the Indian Embassy said.
India is using land routes to evacuate its citizens as Ukraine has closed its airspace for civilian aircrafts following the Russian attack.
The Indian embassy in Ukraine on February 28 advised all Indian students stranded in Kyiv to reach the railway station in the Ukrainian capital for their onward journey to the western parts of the war-torn country for possible evacuation through border crossings to Hungary, Romania, Poland and Slovakia.
The weekend curfew in Kyiv has been lifted and students can go to the railway station to get out of the city, the Indian Embassy said.
"Weekend curfew lifted in Kyiv. All students are advised to make their way to the railway station for onward journey to the western parts. Ukraine Railways is putting special trains for evacuations," the embassy tweeted.
India is using land routes to evacuate its citizens as Ukraine has closed its airspace for civilian aircrafts following the Russian attack.
Meanwhile, external affairs minister S Jaishankar said the sixth flight under India's evacuation mission 'Operation Ganga' left for Delhi from Budapest with 240 Indian nationals, including students.
Foreign secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla on February 27 said the main concern for India is ensuring the safety of its nationals stranded in areas witnessing intense fighting including Kyiv which has around 2,000 Indians, he said.
The areas in the east of Ukraine including Kharkiv and Sumy are the conflict zones and India has been focusing on taking out its citizens from these areas to the country's western region for their subsequent evacuation through border crossings to Hungary, Romania, Poland and Slovakia.
"The ministry of external affairs, under the direct supervision of the external affairs minister, and the overall guidance of the Prime Minister is doing everything possible to make sure that the safety, security and the interests of our citizens in Ukraine are given the highest priority," Shringla said.
India on February 25 managed to set up camp offices in Lviv and Chernivtsi towns in western Ukraine to facilitate the transit of Indians to Hungary, Romania and Poland.
India has already evacuated over 2,000 of its citizens, mostly students, from Ukraine and more than 1,000 of them have been brought back home on chartered flights from Hungary and Romania.
Last updated on 28 Feb 2022
