The Indian embassy in Kyiv, Ukraine, has asked Indian nationals to leave the country at the earliest in view of a fresh wave of hostilities.
In an advisory, the mission also called upon Indian nationals not to travel to the Eastern European country.
“In view of the deteriorating security situation and recent escalation of hostilities across Ukraine, Indian nationals are advised against travelling to Ukraine,” the embassy said.
“The Indian citizens, including students, currently in Ukraine are advised to leave Ukraine at the earliest by available means,” it added.
There has been an intensification of hostilities between Russia and Ukraine, with Moscow carrying out retaliatory missile strikes targeting various Ukrainian cities in response to a huge blast in Crimea nearly two weeks ago.
Earlier on Wednesday, President Vladimir Putin announced martial law in the four recently annexed regions of Kherson, Zaporizhzhia, Luhansk and Donetsk. The move indicated that Russia is firming up its control in eastern Ukraine.
India carried out “Operation Ganga” to evacuate nearly 20,000 nationals who were in Ukraine in the early phase of the war. Diplomatic sources shared that around 500 Indian citizens remain in Ukraine as they possess “residency permits” because of professional or familial reasons.
Source: PTI
