Mumbai, March 1: Amid the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war, the seventh flight carrying 182 Indian nationals stranded in Ukraine reached Mumbai from Romania's Bucharest as part of 'Operation Ganga' on Tuesday. Union Minister Narayan Rane received the evacuated Indian nationals at the Mumbai airport.
Earlier, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said the eighth flight carrying 216 stranded Indian nationals had departed from Hungary's capital Budapest for New Delhi while the ninth flight carrying 218 Indians took off from the Romanian capital Bucharest for New Delhi as part of 'Operation Ganga'.
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Meanwhile, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while presiding over a high-level meeting on Monday evening over the Russia-Ukraine war, said that the entire government machinery was working round the clock to ensure that all stranded Indians in Ukraine were safe and secure, said Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Arindam Bagchi.
On the other hand, the Indian embassy in Ukraine on Tuesday advised its nationals to leave the capital city Kyiv "urgently today" amid the deteriorating security situation due to the Russian-Ukraine war.
"Advisory to Indians in Kyiv: All Indian nationals including students are advised to leave Kyiv urgently today. Preferably by available trains or through any other means available," the Indian embassy in Ukraine tweeted.
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The Union Government has launched 'Operation Ganga' to bring back stranded students and Indian citizens from conflict-torn Ukraine.
-PTC News
