Operation Ganga: Another evacuation flight reaches Delhi

NEW DELHI: A special flight carrying 154 Indian nationals stranded in crisis-torn

Ukraine

reached Delhi on Sunday.

The special flight had departed from the city of Kosice in Slovakia on Saturday under

Operation Ganga

.

Union Minister of State of Chemicals and Fertilizers Bhagwanth Khuba received the passengers at Indira Gandhi International Airport.

Tensions have escalated following

Russia

's military action against Ukraine.Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a high-level meeting on the Ukraine crisis on Saturday. The meeting was attended by Union Minister for External Affairs S Jaishankar, Foreign Secretary of India Harsh Vardhan Shringla and other top officials.

The Prime Minister has held several high-level meetings over the Ukraine crisis.

Earlier on Saturday, the Ministry of External Affairs said that over 13,300 people have returned to India so far under Operation Ganga from crisis-ridden Ukraine. The Ministry also informed that almost all Indians have left Kharkiv city in Ukraine and the main focus of the government is to evacuate citizens from the Sumy area as it is challenging amid ongoing violence and lack of transportation.

The government has also deployed 'special envoys' to five neighbouring countries bordering Ukraine to coordinate and oversee the evacuation process of Indian nationals.Russian forces launched military operations in Ukraine on February 24, three days after

Moscow

recognized Ukraine's breakaway regions - Donetsk and Luhansk - as independent entities.