Moscow: The second and final batch of 500 Indians, mostly students, left violence-hit Ukrainian city of Lugansk to Kiev on Wednesday even as the first group of 500 students have reached the Ukrainian capital en route to India.
India in cooperation with Ukrainian government has made arrangements to evacuate close to 1,000 of its nationals from Lugansk, which is witnessing fierce battle between Moscow- backed supporters and the government troops. Indian authorities have arranged 1,000 train tickets since Tuesday to evacuate the Indian nationals.
“Halfway home! Students from Lugansk region in Ukraine returning to India are now in Kiev enroute to homes in India,” the Spokesperson in the external affairs ministry in New Delhi tweeted on Wednesday
Indian Ambassador in Kyiv Rajiv K. Chander, in a letter to the Rector of Lugansk State Medical University, has said, “The university authorities may please inform the local administration about the en masse departure of the Indian students so that adequate security arrangements are made to enable them to reach the railway station safely.”
Out of the 1,000 Indian nationals, 350 are from Kerala, 300 from Tamil Nadu, 150 from Andhra Pradesh, 60 from Punjab, 25 each from Jammu and Kashmir and Maharashtra.
The remaining Indians are from other states including 10 from Gujarat.
