News Desk, AnyTV, Thiruvananthapuram
Published by: Shiv Sharan Shukla
Updated Fri, 25 Feb 2022 04:20 PM IST
Summary
The students living under the shadow of fear said that we were asked by the authorities to go to the bunkers from the university hostel with essentials at the earliest. We only have limited storage of food and water. Network problems can also start at any time.
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Arundhati, a student living in fear, said that we were asked by the authorities to go to the bunkers from the university hostel at the earliest with essentials. We only have limited storage of food and water. Network problems can also start at any time.
A 20-year-old medical student from Kerala said that since morning the sounds of explosions and explosions are coming. Ashra, another student studying at a university in central Ukraine, said she and other Indian students were very upset. There is no clear guidance on what they should do and where they should live.
“We have 200-300 students from Kerala alone in our campus. We are also not getting any clear guidance from the Embassy on what to do. Initially, we were asked to go to the bunker… When we got there after packing our bags, our university head asked us to go back to the hostel room. There is a lot of risk here.’ Ashra further said that though there has been no attack in their area so far.
Swalika and Ameya, who went to Kerala to study MBBS in Ukraine, said that the water and electricity supply could be cut off at any time. Indian students stuck in Ukraine are facing lot of problems. Their biggest concern is that they will not be able to charge their mobile phones if there is no electricity. Distressed students said that we do not know how we can contact our families in Kerala if the mobile phone is not charged. We are not able to withdraw money from ATMs and Banks. We also have very limited quantity of food items left.
The situation in Ukraine has been very bad since the Russian attack on February 24. Shrikesh, who works in a private firm in Ukraine, said street lights have been switched off on the streets of the place where he was staying and instructions have been given to switch off the lights in apartments and houses.
Significantly, after the Russian attack against Ukraine, Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan on Thursday appealed to the stranded people to follow the instructions of the Indian Embassy in Kiev. He said that India is making alternative arrangements for the safe evacuation of the stranded Indians in the Eastern European country. The central government will ensure the safety of over 18,000 Indians, including students stranded there.
Actually, Russia has closed its airspace after the attack. Due to which an Air India plane flying to Ukraine to bring Indians home had returned to Delhi. About 20 thousand Indians are still trapped in Ukraine. He is waiting to return home.