The Foreign Ministry said today that an Indian student was killed in Russian shelling in Kharkiv this morning.
“With deepest sadness we confirm that an Indian student lost his life Firing in Kharkiv this morning. The ministry is in touch with his family. We extend our deepest condolences to the family.”
With deep sadness we confirm that an Indian student lost his life in the shelling in Kharkiv this morning. The ministry is in touch with his family.
We express our deepest condolences to the family.
— Arindam Bagchi (@MEAIndia) 1 March 2022
In addition, Bagchi wrote: “The Foreign Secretary is calling on the ambassadors of Russia and Ukraine to reiterate our demand for an immediate safe passage for Indian citizens who are still in Kharkiv and cities in other conflict zones. Similar action Also being done by our ambassadors in Russia. and Ukraine.”
Responding to the news, Congress leader Shashi Tharoor said, “It is a terrible tragedy. My heart goes out to the bereaved family and the worried families of all those who are still stranded in Ukraine. We do everything we can to bring them home. Every effort should be made.”
This is a terrible tragedy. My heart goes out to the bereaved family and the worried families of all those still trapped in Ukraine. We should do everything possible to bring them home. https://t.co/nmwAu9jL6F
— Shashi Tharoor (@shashi tharoor) 1 March 2022
Incidentally, this is the first time that the cities of Kharkiv and Kyiv in Ukraine were bombed since Adolf Hitler started World War II.
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Meanwhile, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has put the Indian Air Force into service to evacuate Indian citizens trapped in a war-torn countrySources said.
On Monday, the Center decided to send four Union ministers to Ukraine’s neighboring countries to personally monitor and coordinate the evacuation exercise.
The Indian government launched Operation Ganga to rescue Indian citizens, mostly students, from Ukraine, which was attacked by Russia six days earlier. So far 1,396 Indian nationals have been brought back from Ukraine in six evacuation flights.
On the other hand, Russian army is closing in on the capital Kyiv The 40-mile convoy of hundreds of tanks and other vehicles, as it were intended to prevent Ukraine-Russia fighting, only led to an agreement to continue negotiations.
Russian and Ukrainian troops continued fighting in Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second largest city, for the sixth day since Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered an offensive.
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