New Delhi: Prime minister Narendra Modi chaired a high level meeting on Monday to review possible ways for the speedy evacuation of the Indian students stranded on the borders of war-torn country Ukraine. Four ministers include Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs Hardeep Singh Puri, Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia, Law Minister Kiren Rijiju and MoS Civil Aviation General (retd) VK Singh are likely to travel as 'Special Envoy' to the coutries bordering Ukraine.
The ministers are travelling to coordinate government’s evacuation efforts amid reports of thousands of Indian students stranded at the Ukrainian borders in freezing temperature. A large number of students who were trying to flee the war-torn country have been sharing disturbing details of the ordeal they have been facing on the borders. Yesterday, a video went viral in which Indian students were seen badly beaten by the Ukrainian army at the Shehyni-Medyka border point connecting Ukraine with Poland.
The rescue is under way with Operation Ganga making progress. Government of India is trying to intensify the pace of the operation.
A large number of Indians, including about 15,000 students, are stranded in Ukraine following Russia's attack on the eastern European country.