BERHAMPUR: Worried over growing tension between Russia and
Ukraine
and repeated advice by the Indian Embassy in Kyiv to leave the country, parents of several students from
Ganjam
district studying in the east European nation have asked their children to return home as soon as possible.
“We are very much worried as the Indian Embassy has issued three advisories to the Indian students to leave Ukraine for their safety. The latest advisory was issued on Tuesday asking to the students to return home. Taking serious note of it, I have asked my daughter to return by chartered flight without waiting for Air India’s special evacuation flight,” said
Subrat Sahu
, an advocate in Babajitota Sahi, here.
Subrat’s daughter Akanksha, who is a fourth-year medical student at a university in Ukraine, along with her other Indian classmates has decided to return in a chartered flight on Saturday.
“Around 20,000 Indian students are in Ukraine. It will take several days to evacuate them with the help of special flights arranged by the Indian Embassy,” said Subrat.
On February 19, too, the Indian embassy had advised citizens to look for any available commercial or chartered flight to get out of the country amid rising tension over a possible invasion by Russia.
The special Air India flight carrying 242 Indians, most of them students from Kyiv, arrived on Tuesday night in New Delhi, but none was from Ganjam. Around 8 to 10 students from Ganjam are in Ukraine to study medicine.
“There is no other option. They have to return by chartered fight,” said
Latika Choudhary
, whose sister is a sixth-year medical student in Ukraine. Her sister Purnima will arrive in India on February 25 alongwith a batchmate from Angul.
“She has only four months left to complete the medical course. She is now worried about completing the course in time,” said Latika, who returned from Ukraine in July after completing her medical degree.
Subrat said his daughter has taken permission from her university before leaving Ukraine. “The university authority has allowed her to take online classes during her stay at home,” he added.
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