India: Indian student killed in Ukraine amid criticism over evacuation

NEW DELHI, 02 March 2022, (TON): India’s foreign ministry says “an Indian student has been killed in shelling in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, as criticism over New Delhi’s evacuation of students from the war-torn country mounts.”

Ministry spokesman Arindam Bagchi posted on Twitter “Foreign Secretary is calling in Ambassadors of Russia and Ukraine to reiterate our demand for urgent safe passage for Indian nationals who are still in Kharkiv and cities in other conflict zones.”

Russian forces are firing artillery and laying siege to Kharkiv and other major cities, a Ukrainian official said, as the invasion of the former Soviet republic entered its sixth day.

Indian media reports said the student, identified as Naveen Shekharappa, belonged to the southern state of Karnataka’s Haveri district and studied medicine in Ukraine.

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