India Sends Tonnes Of Humanitarian Aid Including Medicines To War-hit Ukraine Via Poland
The first shipment of humanitarian assistance from India to Ukraine which is facing a military assault from Russia was despatched on Tuesday.
According to the Ministry of External Affairs, the first consignment comprising of medicines, medical equipment, and other relief material was sent on Tuesday via Poland.
"A flight left this morning having the first tranche of humanitarian assistance to Ukraine through Poland. The consignment comprised of medicines, medical equipment and other relief materials," Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla said.
According to him, the humanitarian assistance was sent to Ukraine at the request of the Ukrainian Government.
India on Monday decided to send the relief supplies to Ukraine to help it deal with the humanitarian situation along its border areas that has arisen out of tens of thousands of people attempting to flee the Russian invasion.
"The prime minister noted that the first consignment of relief supplies to Ukraine to deal with the humanitarian situation on Ukraine's borders would be despatched tomorrow," the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Monday.
Two tonnes of humanitarian aid included tents, blankets, surgical gloves, protective eye gear, water storage tanks, sleeping mats, tarpaulin and medicines.
The second batch of humanitarian aid from India to Ukraine was sent on Wednesday through Poland.
Poland is one of the many neighbouring countries of Ukraine India has been using to evacuate its citizens who have been caught in the war.
On Wednesday, three more Indian Air Force aircraft flew to Poland, Hungary and Romania to ramp up efforts to evacuate Indian nationals stranded in Ukraine.
Union Minister Jitendra Singh on Wednesday received the Indians who returned on a special flight from war-hit Ukraine.
He said that state-wise help desks have been created at the Delhi airport to help the students who came from war-hit Ukraine reach their respective homes.
"We have created help desks for every state. Students are approaching the respective help desks. They are being provided refreshments. We have made arrangements for the Volvo buses so that students of other states can travel to their respective home places by road. We have made arrangements for guest houses for the students who will be going by train," Singh told the mediapersons at the Delhi Airport.
Singh also said that a few of the students will be travelling by flight, including three of them headed for Srinagar. "We will be making arrangements. All the ministers are involved in making arrangements for the evacuated students," he added.
"The students are very confident. They have been saying that the students were confident that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will recuse them. We are making arrangements to rescue the Indian students still stranded in Ukraine," he stated.
The minister further stated that about 220 students have arrived from Istanbul. "I asked a girl student, which state she comes from to which she replied that she's from India," said Singh, adding that "the students are still in disbelief that they have actually been evacuated due to stress. We ensured they spoke with their parents on arrivals, Singh told ANI.
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