Indians being evacuated from Ukraine
Another 11 flights will operate from Ukraine’s neighbouring countries on Sunday to bring back Indian evacuees, the Civil Aviation Ministry said.
As the war rages on in Ukraine, the flights will bring back more than 2,200 Indians tomorrow the ministry said.
A statement from the ministry said that about 3,000 Indians were airlifted on 15 flights to India on Saturday. It included 12 special civilian and three Indian Air Force (IAF) flights.
Notably, Ukraine shut its airspace since February 24 as Russia invaded the country. Since then, Indian citizens stranded in Ukraine have been airlifted from neighbouring countries like Romania, Hungary, Slovakia and Poland.
Meanwhile, IAF has deployed its C-17 military transport planes to bring back stranded Indian nationals along with civilian flights by Indian carriers including IndiGo, Air India, Vistara and SpiceJet.
The ministry said, “Today's civilian flights included five from Budapest (Hungary), four from Suceva in Romania, one from Kosice in Slovakia and two from Rzeszow in Poland.”
“Tomorrow, 11 special flights are expected to operate from Budapest, Kosice, Rzeszow and Bucharest, bringing more than 2,200 Indians back home,” it added.
