As Indian students return from Ukraine, they recall friendships forged in war

Thursday, 3 March 2022newsdesk

The air raid sirens still ring in their ears and bruised soles from frosty midnight walk to the borders of Ukraine to escape the war reminds them of a life they left behind. Most of the nearly 800 Indian students, who made their way back home on four Indian Air Force aircraft on Thursday, had to leave their books and other belongings and travel with just a single bag with a spare change of clothes.

New Delhi, 03 March 2022

As per news report of The Indian Express, When the students landed at the Hindon Airbase in Ghaziabad, they desperately looked for a WiFi connection to send a message to their parents that they were safe. The second set of messages was immediately sent to their Ukrainian friends praying that they receive a reply. For Vishaka, 21, it was a text message she has not yet received. Her brother, Kumar Raghav, 20, was in Kharkiv, where intense fighting between Russian and Ukrainian troops is underway. Vishaka, an MBBS student, had left from Ivano-Frankivsk National Medical University when the war broke out and had to use a small boat to get closer to the Romanian border.

Source - The Indian Express