Indian embassy in Kyiv evacuating Indian nationals via trains on war-footing

With the alert sounded by the Indian embassy in Kyiv asking the Indian nationals to leave the Ukrainian capital, the embassy officials are present at the railway stations to facilitate the evacuation of Indian students, official sources told the Hindustan Times.

The Indian embassy ensured movement of more than thousand students from Kyiv towards Western Ukraine on February 28, including around 400 students housed near Embassy since 24 Feb. Another 1400 students moved westwards from Zaporizhzhia, a city in South East Ukraine.

However, due to massive overcrowding at the stations, some students were not able to board. Embassy continues to coordinate efforts in coordination with student coordinators so that all Indian students left in Kyiv can move westwards. The Embassy has issued an advisory today asking all remaining students to urgently leave Kyiv and move westwards via trains or other means.

Meanwhile, the Indian embassy in Poland managed to arrange buses at the Shehyni border point on the Ukranian side to take the students waiting there to other points such as Krakowiec and Budomierz and facilitate their crossing over into Poland.

External affairs minister S Jaishankar spoke with his Polish counterpart Zbigniew Rau yesterday to discuss the evacuation efforts. Discussions at high levels have led to improvement in the situation at the Polish border points.