NEW DELHI, 14 March 2022, (TON): The Indian embassy in war-hit Ukraine has been temporarily relocated to neighbouring Poland amid deteriorating security situation in the eastern European country facing Russian invasion.
The government said "in view of the rapidly deteriorating security situation in Ukraine, incuding attacks in the western parts of the country, it has been decied that the Indian Embassy in Ukriane will be temporarily relocated in Poland.”
It added "the situation will be reassessed in the light of further development.”
A significant number of officials in the Indian embassy in Kyiv was already working from its camp office in Lviv for the last few days. Lviv is a city in western Ukraine that is around 70 kilometres from the border with Poland.
The decision comes as Russian troops are closing in on key Ukrainian cities and towns including the capital Kyiv.
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