India has actually asked its nationals to leave Kharkiv quickly to three nearby locations “even walking” as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine entered its seventh-day the other day.

The Indian government today denied reports of Indian pupils being held as “hostages” in Ukraine, specifying that it remained in consistent touch with Indian nationals in the war-torn nation.

” We have actually not received records of any type of captive circumstance regarding any type of student. We have asked for support of the Ukrainian authorities in setting up special trains for securing trainees from Kharkiv and also neighbouring locations to the western part of the nation,” Ministry of External Affairs representative Arindam Bagchi said.

The information came after the Russian federal government asserted that Ukrainian forces are keeping a big team of Indian students as “captives” in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, which is practically under Russian control.


” According to our information, Ukrainian authorities are forcibly maintaining a big group of Indian pupils in Kharkiv who desire to leave Ukrainian area and most likely to Belgorod,” a Russian armed forces spokesperson said at an instruction on Wednesday.

” As a matter of fact, they are being held as captives … Russian militaries prepare to take all essential steps for the secure emptying of the Indian people. And also send them home from the Russian territory with its own army transport planes or Indian aircrafts, as the Indian side proposed to do,” he added.

The startling claim by the Russians came not long after Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke with Russian Head of state Vladimir Putin and went over the circumstance in Kharkiv, where over a thousand Indian students were claimed to be stranded.

It is discovered that the Russian side guaranteed to create “altruistic hallways” for evacuation of Indians from the conflict areas.

India has asked its nationals to leave Kharkiv urgently to 3 neighboring areas “even on foot” as Russia’s intrusion of Ukraine entered its seventh-day yesterday.

“The trainees who can not locate cars or buses and also are in Train station can proceed walking to Pesochyn, Babai and Bezlydivka,” the consultatory sent out on Wednesday, second of the day, stated “Continue immediately. Under all situations, Indians must reach these settlements by 1800 hrs (Ukrainian time) today,” it stated.

About 8,000 Indians, mainly trainees, are still stranded in Ukraine, Foreign Assistant Harsh Vardhan Shringla had actually said on Tuesday. India has actually been leaving its residents via unique flights from Ukraine’s western neighbours such as Romania, Hungary and also Poland as the Ukrainian airspace has been shut given that February 24 due to the Russian army offensive.

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Last Updated: 3 March 2022