Ukraine Crisis: PM Modi dials to President Putin to discuss evacuation of Indian students

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday spoke on phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin and discussed the safe evacuation of Indian students from war-torn Ukraine especially its city of Kharkiv.

The leaders reviewed the situation in Ukraine, especially in the city of Kharkiv where many Indian students are stuck and discussed their evacuation from the conflict



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Earlier in the evening today, PM Modi also held a high-level meeting in New Delhi on the issue of evacuation of Indian nationals stranded in the war-hit country.

Meanwhile, Union Minister of Civil Aviation Jyotiraditya Scindia has said, "A total of 3500 students will leave for India from Bucharest and around 1300 hours from Suceava in the next 2 days."