Indian Student Refuses To Leave Ukraine Without Pet Dog, Seeks Help
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"If you can, please help us. Even the Indian embassy in Kyiv is not helping us out. We don't have updates from anyone," he said.
A third-year engineering student who is stranded in war-torn Ukraine has refused to leave the country without his pet dog. Rishabh Kaushik, who studies at the Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics in east Ukraine, claims he has been trying to get all paperwork and clearances done so that his dog can accompany him when he gets airlifted but has been stonewalled by officials who "keep asking for more and more documents".
"They are asking for my air ticket. How can I have an air ticket when the Ukrainian airspace is closed?" he said.
Mr Kaushik says he reached out to the Indian government's Animal Quarantine and Certification Service (AQCS) in Delhi and also the Indian embassy in Ukraine but to no avail. In a video uploaded on social media, he also claims that he called someone at Delhi's IGI airport regarding his situation but the person on the other end hurled abuses at him and did not cooperate.
