India: Indian Student Shot At While Trying To Escape Ukraine's Kyiv, Union Minister

NEW DELHI, 05 March 2022, (TON): An Indian student has reportedly been shot at in Ukraine capital Kyiv, Union Minister VK Singh told media, days after another student died in Russian shelling in the city of Kharkiv.

The student was trying to escape Kyiv and was wounded in firing, according to the minister.

He was reportedly taken back into the city and is in hospital.

General (Retd) VK Singh said "we heard reports that a student leaving Kyiv was shot. He was taken back into Kyiv and immediately taken to hospital. This is happening in the fighting.”

An Indian student was killed in Kharkiv, the second-largest city in Ukraine, when he was standing in a queue outside a grocery store. 21-year-old Naveen Shekharappa of Karnataka had stepped out to stock up on food before taking the train out of the city.

The minister said “the Centre is making efforts to ensure that the maximum number of students can come out of Ukraine with as less loss as possible.”

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