2 Calls From PM - How India Moved To Get Students Out Of Ukraine's Sumy

Russia-Ukraine War: Prime Minister Narendra Modi's phone calls to Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky had a big role in clearing the way for the students after an aborted attempt.

After days of nerve-wracking negotiations, more than 650 Indian students stranded in the Ukrainian city of Sumy were moved out on Tuesday.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's phone calls to Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky had a big role in clearing the way for the students after an aborted attempt.

Amid heavy shelling and gunfire in Sumy, the students had sent out SOS videos but Indian officials were unable to organise safe passage for them. The students said they had run out of food and water and even threatened to start leaving the city on their own.

"It was a complicated and dangerous situation," news agency ANI quoted an official as saying.