'Flights under Operation Ganga are being prepared to bring them home,' MEA spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said
A special flight, carrying 160 Indian evacuees from Ukraine, landed here on Monday from Budapest in Hungary
India on Sunday continued its efforts to evacuate over 700 Indian students from the embattled northeastern Ukrainian city of Sumy but with little success as severe shelling and airstrikes continued
The news dashed hopes of progress in easing, nevertheless ending the war in Ukraine, which is now in its 11 day and has caused 1.5 million people to flee the country.
India has brought back over 15,920 of its nationals in 76 flights under mission 'Operation Ganga' which was launched on February 26
Khattar said the students who have completed their course in Ukraine will be given internship opportunities
Indian Air Force flight carrying 210 Indians evacuated from war-hit Ukraine arrived at Hindan airbase near Delhi from Bucharest, Romania on Sunday
Russia's Permanent Representative Vassily Nebenzia told an emergency UN Security Council meeting that radicals and extremists in Ukraine were and are under the close guardianship of Western nations
India has been evacuating its citizens through special flights from Ukraine's western neighbours such as Romania, Hungary, Slovakia and Poland as the Ukrainian airspace has been shut since February 24
Rijiju is among the four Union ministers sent by Prime Minister Narendra Modi as his special envoys to Ukraine's neighbouring countries as part of the Operation Ganga to evacuate Indian nationals
Arindam Bagchi, the spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), said that around 300 Indians are stranded in Kharkiv and 700 are in Sumy
MEA spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said that around 300 Indians are stuck in Kharkiv and 700 are in Sumy
The spokesperson said India has been in constant touch with Russia and Ukraine to ensure a safe passage of the stranded Indians from the conflict zones in eastern Ukraine
In all, 878 people from Delhi were in Ukraine, the officials said citing a list handed to them by the Centre
MEA spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said at a media briefing the Indian side is in touch with both Ukrainian and Russian authorities to examine the modalities of how Indians can be evacuated
Three more C-17 aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF) with approximately 300 evacuees from Ukraine will land at the Hindon airbase by 8 am on Thursday, sources said
India has taken an 'unbiased' position based on assessment of the situation in Ukraine and not because it is dependent on Russian arms, Russian Ambassador-designate Denis Alipov said
'There are around 3,000 Indian students in Bucharest and 1,000 students in Siret right now,' Scindia said at a virtual press conference
Through helpline numbers (0522) 1070 and 94544-41081, information is being obtained from the students and others from the state stranded in Ukraine and their parents and relatives for coordination
She also said the central government should realise that humanity is more important than politics and urged it to take a lead role in peace talks