"Safe Corridor Didn't Materialise": India On Students In Ukraine's Sumy

India's UN Ambassador T S Tirumurti informed the security council that India has managed to facilitate the safe return of over 20,000 Indians from Ukraine.

Raising concern about the worsening situation in Ukraine, India on Tuesday said that the ensuing humanitarian crisis deserves immediate and urgent attention.

India's UN Ambassador T S Tirumurti told the UN Security Council that India is "deeply concerned that despite our repeated urgings" to both Russia and Ukraine, the "safe corridor for our students stranded in Sumy did not materialize.

"It is important that humanitarian action is always guided by the principles of neutrality, impartiality, and independence," he said.