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Mission to save loved ones | C O VER S T OR

Indian students were taken
by bus from war-torn Sumy Airlines and Air Force
12 to Poltava in central Ukraine. played key role

Along with Bangladeshi India Along with airlines, large aircraft of the Indian
India, citizens of 9 students rescued Air Force, including C-17 Globemaster, were
these
Bangladesh, Nepal
deployed to evacuate Indians.
evacuated from there. 3 Nepali students people were brought to
and Tunisia were also
from
students
Ukraine.
war conditions.
India also evacuated its citizens stranded in 23,000+ India from Ukraine amid
n
Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv and Mariupol.
Prime Minister Modi himself spoke to the 90 flights were 76 civilian aircraft
n operated under
president of Poland as well as the president of Operation 14 Indian Air
the European Union. Neighbouring countries Ganga. Force aircraft
abolished the visa requirement for Indians coming
from war-torn areas. citizens of 18 countries were
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar was in 147
n also brought from Ukraine in
constant touch with the ambassadors of Russia Operation Ganga.
and Ukraine as well as the administrations of
Poland, Hungary, Romania, Moldova and Slovakia.

n A control room was set up in Budapest, the capital
of Hungary, by forming a core team of 30 young
officers of the Indian Foreign Service (IFS). More
than 150 officers and technical assistants were fully
engaged in providing every possible help.

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