Russia-Ukraine crisis live updates | Air India plane departs from Mumbai to Bucharest to evacuate Indians stranded in Ukraine
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The latest developments on Ukraine-Russia tensions after Russia launches military operation against Ukraine
India and China abstained from voting on a United Nations Security Council (UNSC) resolution on Ukraine. Russia, a permanent member of the Security Council and its president for this month, is vetoed the resolution. Tirumurti, India’s Permanent Representative to the UN, said that India is "deeply disturbed" by the situation in Ukraine and "deeply concerned" about the welfare of Indian citizens and students there. "It is highly regrettable that path of diplomacy was abandoned, and we must return to it", Mr. Tirumurti said.
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India has carried out a round of evacuation of its nationals stranded in Ukraine. The first batch of Indian students left Chernivtsi in a bus for the Ukraine-Romania border. The Embassy of India in Kyiv announced that the evacuation was being organised with the joint effort of the Indian embassies in Romania, Hungary, and Poland. Air India will start evacuation flights to countries bordering Ukraine from Saturday even as the government has requested other airlines to join the “operation” to bring back Indians trying to flee the war-torn country.
Air India will operate a flight each to Bucharest and Budapest as special government charter flights, the airline tweeted late on Friday evening.
Meanwhile, Russian President Vladimir Putin has hailed his troops for their courage as they press their offensive across Ukraine and bear down on Kyiv.
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