Alert! Embassy asks Indians to leave Ukraine immediately
Kyiv, October 26: Leave Ukraine immediately- In a fresh advisory, the Indian embassy in Ukraine on Tuesday asked all Indians there to leave the country immediately in view of increasing hostilities.
The new advisory came less than a week after a similar advisory was issued following the deteriorating security situation in Ukraine.
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"In continuation of the advisory issued by the Embassy on October 19, all Indian citizens in Ukraine are advised to leave Ukraine by available means immediately. Some Indian nationals have already left Ukraine pursuant to earlier advisory," the Indian embassy in Ukraine said in an advisory posted on its Twitter handle.
The Embassy in its latest advisory has given contact numbers for "any guidance/assistance if required to travel to the border". The Indian embassy in Kyiv had on October 19 issued an advisory asking Indian nationals to leave the country in view of the deteriorating security situation in the wake of the conflict.Advisory to Indian Nationals in Ukraine@MEAIndia @DDNewslive @DDNational @PIB_India @IndianDiplomacy @eoiromania @IndiainPoland @IndiaInHungary @IndiaInSlovakia pic.twitter.com/kFR3qJKlJR — India in Ukraine (@IndiainUkraine) October 25, 2022
"In view of the deteriorating security situation and the recent escalation of hostilities across Ukraine, Indian nationals are advised against travelling to Ukraine. The Indian citizens, including students, currently in Ukraine are advised to leave Ukraine at the earliest by available means," the Indian embassy in Ukraine had said.
The war between Russia and Ukraine has escalated after a truck exploded on the Crimea road bridge, causing seven fuel tanks of a train heading to the Crimean Peninsula to catch fire.
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The Crimean Bridge was opened in 2018 by Russian President Vladimir Putin, four years after Moscow annexed Crimea, and was designed to link the peninsula to Russia's transport network.
-PTC News 
