Stranded Indians leave from Pisochin in UkrainePhoto : ANINew Delhi: The Central government on Friday confirmed that around 4,000 Indians have been evacuated from war-torn Ukraine in the last 24 hours under ‘Operation Ganga’.As many as 15 flights carrying stranded Indian nationals are scheduled to arrive in India from Ukraine’s neighbouring countries.In an official statement, the Government of India stated, “So far, 48 flights under Operation Ganga have landed in India out of which 18 flights landed in last 24 hours. The total number of Indians who returned onboard these 18 flights is around 4,000.”Detailing tomorrow’s arrivals, it said, “In terms of departure points, there will be 5 flights each from Budapest, 4 from Suceava in Romania, 3 from Rzeszow in Poland and 1 each from Warsaw, Bratislava (new departure point), Bucharest and Kosice in Slovakia.”The Centre further confirmed that four tranches of humanitarian aid were sent earlier and today two more tranches were dispatched by IAF flights (Poland, Slovak, Romania).Today one IAF flight carried 6 tonnes of material to Romania and second carried 9 tonnes material to Slovakia, it added.Russian forces launched military operations in Ukraine on February 24, three days after Moscow recognised Ukraine’s breakaway regions – Donetsk and Luhansk -as independent entities.Several countries including the UK, the US, Canada, and the European Union have condemned Russia’s military operations in Ukraine and imposed sanctions on Moscow. These countries have also promised Ukraine to help with military aid to fight Russia.The US, Canada and European allies agreed to remove key Russian banks from the interbank messaging system, SWIFT which means Russian banks won’t be able to communicate securely with banks beyond Russia’s borders. President Putin has also signed a decree on special economic measures against the US and its allies.Related NewsWill send humanitarian aid including medicines to Ukraine; deploy 4 envoys for safe evacuation: India