India amid SOS calls from students in Ukraine’s Sumy

An Indian art teacher Sagar Kambli makes a painting on Russian offensive on Ukraine on a pavement outside his art school in Mumbai.Photo : APNew Delhi: As several Indian students stranded in northeast Ukraine’s Sumy took to social media to seek rescue, the Indian embassy in the war-torn country today said it’s exploring “all possible mechanisms” to evacuate them safely and securely. In a tweet early morning, the embassy said it has discussed evacuation and identification of exit routes with all interlocutors including the international humanitarian organisation Red Cross. “Exploring all possible mechanisms to evacuate Indian citizens in Sumy, safely & securely. Discussed evacuation & identification of exit routes with all interlocuters including Red Cross. Control room will continue to be active until all our citizens are evacuated. Be Safe Be Strong,” it said.India has evacuated a large number of Indian nationals from Ukraine in the last few days by coordinating effectively with the countries in the region including Russia, Romania, Poland, Hungary, Slovakia and MoldovaOn Tuesday, a 21-year-old medical student from Karnataka was killed in shelling in Kharkiv city of war-torn Ukraine, marking first Indian casualty in the war.

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