New Delhi: Prime Minister Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina today thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for saving citizens underneath under ‘Ganga surgery,’ with Indian citizens who were stranded which were evacuated from Ukraine which was hit by war.
India has saved nine Bangladesh from Ukraine so far, as well as several Nepalese and Tunisian students, through special flights that have been running under the ‘Ganga Operation’ evacuation mission. One Pakistani citizen was also saved by Indian authorities, and now on the way to West Ukraine for further evacuation abroad.
India has tried to evacuate its citizens, especially students, from Ukraine since the end of February, but have difficulty doing so in the eastern part of the country, especially the northeastern city of Sumy, where nearly 700 Indian students have been stranded and no ‘can go despite recurrent efforts repeat.
However, after several Russian-Ukrainian talks, Sumy’s evacuation efforts failed on Monday, and calls from PM Modi to Russia and Ukrainian leaders, Russia on Tuesday finally declared a ceasefire to do “humanitarian operations” starting at 12 years. : 30 night Indian time. The Russian Embassy in India released a list of “humanitarian corridors” which are ready to be provided, and all 694 Indians stranded in Sumy can leave Ukraine, report the center.
About 18,000 Indians have been brought back from Ukraine through special flights since February 22. The war in Ukraine began on February 24, when Russia launched a full-scale invasion to its neighbor’s former Soviet, after several Ukrainian cities were underneath