1646294632_VnXBBI_WhatsApp_Image_2022_03_03_at_1_15_47_PM.jpg 
Prime Minister Narendra Prime on Wednesday spoke on phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin and discussed the safe evacuation of the Indian nationals from the conflict areas
Photo Credit : Bhagwanth Khuba/ Twitter
In the latest development, around 200 students and Indian citizens from Ukraine have been evacuated and brought back to India as part of 'Operation Ganga'.
Bhagwanth Khuba, Minister of State for Chemical and Fertilizers received the evacuees, most of them students, at Indira Gandhi International airport. The special Indigo flight landed in Delhi on Thursday morning.
"The union government under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi is committed to ensuring repatriation of all Indians from Ukraine. He assured the students that their friends and colleagues will also be evacuated soon," he said.
According to the ministry, the Indigo flight had taken off from the Istanbul International Airport, at 10.35 pm (IST) on Wednesday and reached New Delhi at 8.31 am.
Air India, Air India Express, IndiGo and SpiceJet have joined the Operation Ganga mission operating multiple flights from Ukraine's neighbouring countries to Delhi and Mumbai.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Narendra Prime on Wednesday spoke on phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin and discussed the safe evacuation of the Indian nationals from the conflict areas.
According to the ministry, the leaders reviewed the situation in Ukraine, especially in the city of Kharkiv where many Indian students are stuck.
Also, according to the statement, the Russian side is trying to organise an urgent evacuation of a group of Indian students from Kharkiv through the humanitarian corridor along the shortest route to Russia.