As Russia bombarded Kharkiv with shells and missiles and detonated residential areas, news of the death of a Karnataka student in Ukraine’s No. 2 city sent shockwaves through basements and underground shelters on Tuesday, where many Indian students fought. Been bent down since the start. They are at the end of their strings to escape the city – only 50km from the Russian border – but all means and hope are evaporating in a barrage of bombardments and gunfire.
Most of these students have run out of food and water. They are cold, suffering and starving. No one dared to come out on Tuesday after the death of Karnataka’s Naveen Shekharappa Gyanagoudar – killed in an airstrike when he stepped out of the basement of his apartment in search of food.
“There is fire everywhere, sirens are burning continuously and there is heavy shelling outside the bunker. The Russians are not sparing civilians. We have no food or water and no one is allowed out of the bunker. Embassy We have to reach the border, but we can’t even come out of the bunker.” Shabnam BegumJhargram resident and student of Kharkiv National Medical University. “I don’t know if we can get out of here alive,” she cried.
Students trapped in Kharkiv are left hobsonChoice of – Get killed by a shell or gunshot, or starve to death in their shelters. “We don’t have food. We eat a piece of bread to eat,” said Navyashree, a student from Karnataka. “Until now, the concern was food and water. Now, this is our life.”
Pooja Prahraj, student coordinator at Kharkhiv National Medical University, said: “On Monday, I went to the supermarket. There are about 1,200 students in our hostel. I was buying groceries in bulk, such as 40 kg of oil and 50 kg of rice. The Ukrainians Taken away. It’s far, asking why I need so much. I can’t explain what we’re doing here.”
“We are running out of cash. Only Ukrainian notes are accepted. Most shops are closed and there is no electricity,” Pooja from Odisha said.
They are making ration calls to parents and Indian authorities as mobile/internet connectivity is affected and phones are dying. Sridhar from Chennai said, “We are all scared. We could not go out to get water or groceries. There is shelling going on outside.” DS Saraswati, 21, a medical student Hasantold his parents “within 72 hours after the war started, they had no water. They don’t always stay in the bunker, but if a mermaid goes off, they come back quickly”.
Contradictory pictures are emerging from Kharkiv. A group from Bengal decided that there was no point in waiting for a slow death inside the bunkers. He packed his bags to walk 10 km to the nearest railway station in Kharkiv amidst heavy shelling and tried to reach the Hungarian border.
Sri Nithya From Tamil Nadu Said: “It also took us a while to realize that we had to leave.” And reaching the Hungarian border from then on was a nightmare.
Most of these students have run out of food and water. They are cold, suffering and starving. No one dared to come out on Tuesday after the death of Karnataka’s Naveen Shekharappa Gyanagoudar – killed in an airstrike when he stepped out of the basement of his apartment in search of food.
“There is fire everywhere, sirens are burning continuously and there is heavy shelling outside the bunker. The Russians are not sparing civilians. We have no food or water and no one is allowed out of the bunker. Embassy We have to reach the border, but we can’t even come out of the bunker.” Shabnam BegumJhargram resident and student of Kharkiv National Medical University. “I don’t know if we can get out of here alive,” she cried.
Students trapped in Kharkiv are left hobsonChoice of – Get killed by a shell or gunshot, or starve to death in their shelters. “We don’t have food. We eat a piece of bread to eat,” said Navyashree, a student from Karnataka. “Until now, the concern was food and water. Now, this is our life.”
Pooja Prahraj, student coordinator at Kharkhiv National Medical University, said: “On Monday, I went to the supermarket. There are about 1,200 students in our hostel. I was buying groceries in bulk, such as 40 kg of oil and 50 kg of rice. The Ukrainians Taken away. It’s far, asking why I need so much. I can’t explain what we’re doing here.”
“We are running out of cash. Only Ukrainian notes are accepted. Most shops are closed and there is no electricity,” Pooja from Odisha said.
They are making ration calls to parents and Indian authorities as mobile/internet connectivity is affected and phones are dying. Sridhar from Chennai said, “We are all scared. We could not go out to get water or groceries. There is shelling going on outside.” DS Saraswati, 21, a medical student Hasantold his parents “within 72 hours after the war started, they had no water. They don’t always stay in the bunker, but if a mermaid goes off, they come back quickly”.
Contradictory pictures are emerging from Kharkiv. A group from Bengal decided that there was no point in waiting for a slow death inside the bunkers. He packed his bags to walk 10 km to the nearest railway station in Kharkiv amidst heavy shelling and tried to reach the Hungarian border.
Sri Nithya From Tamil Nadu Said: “It also took us a while to realize that we had to leave.” And reaching the Hungarian border from then on was a nightmare.