India: Putin, Modi discuss plight of Indian students trapped in Ukraine

NEW DELHI, 04 March 2022, (TON): Russian President Vladimir Putin has held talks with India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the urgent evacuation of Indian students trapped in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv.

According to a Kremlin statement “during their video call, Putin said he had ordered Russian soldiers “to ensure the safe exit of Indian nationals from the armed conflict zone and their return to their homeland.”

It added Russia was trying to organise the emergency evacuation of a group of Indian students from Kharkiv via a humanitarian corridor.”

The Ukrainian authorities said Russian paratroopers had landed in the eastern city, and that there was fighting in the streets.

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