The flights will commence from Boryspil International Airport and bookings are open through Air India’s booking offices, website, call centers and authorized travel agents.
“#FlyAI: Air India will operate 3 flights between India-Ukraine (Borispil International Airport) India on 22, 24 & 26 February 2022, bookings are open through Air India booking offices, website, call centers and authorized travel agents ,” Air India said in a tweet on Friday.
#FlyAI : Air India will operate 3 flights between India-Ukraine (Borispil International Airport) India on 22nd, 24th… https://t.co/DWS5SEkVaA
— Air India (@airindiain) 1645184307000
Earlier, the Indian embassy in Ukraine asked its citizens, especially students, who are not required to stay, to leave Kiev temporarily.
In an advisory issued on Tuesday, India also requested its citizens to keep the embassy informed of their presence status to enable the embassy to reach them where necessary.
tensions over Ukraine There has been an escalation in recent months with Russia and NATO accusing each other of hoarding troops Russian-Ukrainian border,
The United States and Ukraine accused Russia of planning an invasion. But Moscow has denied such claims and says it has no intention of attacking any country.
A White House spokesman had earlier said that the US would welcome any country’s effort, including India, to play a role in de-escalating the escalating tensions between Russia and Ukraine.
Russia’s recent build-up of about 150,000 troops along the border from the Donbass region in the east to Belarus in the north and Crimea in the south, which began in the autumn, has heightened tensions.
On Thursday, the US embassy in Kiev reported that Russia’s Stanitsia Luhanska shelling in Ukrainian government-controlled territory in the Donbass affected a kindergarten, injuring two teachers, and lightning struck the village.
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