India Asks Russia For Safe Passage For Students In Ukraine's Kharkiv: Sources
NDTV
Girl students waiting to leave Kharkiv are on their way to Ukraine's western border by train and efforts are being made to evacuate the boys, government sources told NDTV today. Kharkiv, sources said, is now virtually under Russian control.
"The Russians have avoided the areas we had asked them not to target... We are tying up with the Russians for safe passage of our students," a source told NDTV amid tension back home over the evacuation.
Kharkiv -- Ukraine's second largest city -- has been under heavy shelling since yesterday, in which an Indian student has died.
Amid apprehension of Russian action intensifying further, this evening, India asked all its nationals to vacate the city by 6 pm local time (9.30 pm IST), and go to Pisochyn, Babai or Bezlyudivka -- on foot if need be.
