New Delhi: The Indian Air Force (IAF) has put two IL-76 military transport aircraft on standby to rescue stranded Indians from Russian capital Moscow in conflict-hit eastern Ukrainian cities of Sumy and Kharkiv, officials said on Friday.
While Indians stranded in eastern Ukrainian cities, where fighting is heaviest, cannot cross Ukraine’s western border, the Indian Air Force is planning to evacuate them from Moscow with the help of Russian military forces, officials said.
As of now, India has been evacuating its citizens from Ukraine’s western neighbors such as Romania, Slovakia, Poland and Hungary as Ukraine’s airspace has been closed since February 24, when the Russian military offensive began.
Officials said two IL-76 aircraft—which are of Russian origin—have been kept on standby so that they can immediately leave for Moscow and evacuate the Indians.
So far, the IAF has evacuated a total of 1,428 Indians in seven flights from Ukraine’s western neighboring countries. These seven flights were operated by US-origin C-17 aircraft.
India on Thursday said it was focusing mainly on evacuating its citizens from Kharkiv city and other conflict zones in eastern Ukraine, amid Russian military offensive in the region.
In a media briefing, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said that around 1,000 Indians arrived in Pisochin from Kharkiv on Wednesday following the urgent advisory issued by the Indian embassy in Ukraine.
“We estimate there are still a few hundred people in Kharkiv despite our advice,” Bagchi said. Unfortunately a new outbreak of violence has occurred in the city on Thursday.
While Indians stranded in eastern Ukrainian cities, where fighting is heaviest, cannot cross Ukraine’s western border, the Indian Air Force is planning to evacuate them from Moscow with the help of Russian military forces, officials said.
As of now, India has been evacuating its citizens from Ukraine’s western neighbors such as Romania, Slovakia, Poland and Hungary as Ukraine’s airspace has been closed since February 24, when the Russian military offensive began.
Officials said two IL-76 aircraft—which are of Russian origin—have been kept on standby so that they can immediately leave for Moscow and evacuate the Indians.
So far, the IAF has evacuated a total of 1,428 Indians in seven flights from Ukraine’s western neighboring countries. These seven flights were operated by US-origin C-17 aircraft.
India on Thursday said it was focusing mainly on evacuating its citizens from Kharkiv city and other conflict zones in eastern Ukraine, amid Russian military offensive in the region.
In a media briefing, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said that around 1,000 Indians arrived in Pisochin from Kharkiv on Wednesday following the urgent advisory issued by the Indian embassy in Ukraine.
“We estimate there are still a few hundred people in Kharkiv despite our advice,” Bagchi said. Unfortunately a new outbreak of violence has occurred in the city on Thursday.
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