Russia-Ukraine Crisis: Indian Student Shot At While Trying To Escape Ukraine's Kyiv

New Delhi: An Indian student has been hospitalized on Thursday after he was shot with a bullet in Ukraine's capital Kyiv.

According to Minister of State (MoS) for civil aviation General VK Singh, the student was trying to escape Kyiv and received bullet injury following which he was taken back into the city and is in hospital.

''We are trying to evacuate as many Indians as possible with minimum damage. In fact, two Indian students have lost their lives so far amid the Ukraine crisis,'' he added.

Amidst the deteriorating situation in Ukraine's capital Kyiv, an appeal has already been made by the Indian Embassy to the Indian nationals to leave Kyiv.

Indian students trapped in Ukraine are being brought back to India via Poland, Romania, Hungary. For this, Union Ministers Hardeep Singh Puri, Jyotiraditya Scindia, Kiren Rijiju and General VK Singh have been sent to neighboring countries of Ukraine under Operation Ganga by the Government of India.

Meanwhile, Russian President Vladimir Putin has alleged that Ukraine has taken about 3,000 Indian students hostage.

''We will do our best to expel Indian students. The Russian military is not attacking residential areas but Ukraine has deployed troops and tanks in these areas. Only a fascist can do this,'' Putin added.

Earlier, an Indian student was killed in the shelling in Kharkiv. The student was identified as Naveen Shekharappa Gyanagoudar, a fourth-year MBBS student at Kharkiv National Medical University was struck by a Russian Rocket when he had stepped out to buy food.

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