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Ukraine crisis: Indian student killed as Russia intensifies attack

Govt steps up evacuation efforts; all Indians have left Kyiv: Foreign secy

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Indians evacuated from Ukraine arrive at Mumbai airport on Tuesday. 26 flights have been scheduled to bring back Indian citizens over the next three days | Photo: PTI

Aditi Phadnis New Delhi
The first Indian to become collateral damage in the Russia-Ukraine conflict, Naveen Shekarappa Gyanagoudar, originally from a small village in Karnataka’s Haveri district,  was killed in intense shelling in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv on Tuesday.

As the Russian army closed in on Kyiv, the Indian Embassy in Ukraine sent a message to all Indians to get out of the capital immediately, by any means possible. About 400 students who were living near the Indian Embassy were successfully sent to Romania and were on their way home. 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who chaired a high-level meeting on Tuesday, announced that the