Another Indian Student Shot In Ukraine Capital Kyiv, Hospitalised: What We Know So Far

An Indian student who was stuck in the Ukraine capital Kyiv amid the ongoing war in the country has been injured after he was shot.

It is still unclear how the student was shot or the identity of the Indian national.

The student is currently admitted to a hospital with injuries.

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Minister of State (MoS) for Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) General VK Singh who is currently in Poland's Rzeszow airport to coordinate India's evacuation mission from Ukraine confirmed the incident on Thursday.

"A student from Kyiv was reported to have been shot and was immediately admitted to the hospital in Kyiv," General (retd) Singh told ANI. "The Indian embassy had earlier cleared on the priority that everyone should leave Kyiv. In the event of war, the gun bullet does not look at anyone's religion and nationality," he added.

I received info today that a student coming from Kyiv got shot and was taken back midway. We're trying for maximum evacuation in minimum loss: MoS Civil Aviation Gen (Retd) VK Singh, in Poland#RussiaUkraine pic.twitter.com/cggVEsqfEj

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This comes days after another Indian student, Naveen Shekharappa, was killed in a Russian rocket attack on the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv.

The MBBS student at Kharkiv National Medical University, Ukraine died in shelling while he was standing in a queue to buy food.

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Another Indian national, a student from Punjab, Chandan Jindal, who was hospitalised last month in Ukraine died earlier this week. The 22-year-old was a fourth-year student at the National Pirogov Memorial Medical University.

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There were over 20,000 Indians in Ukraine before the war broke out last week.

"A total of 18,000 Indian nationals have left Ukraine since our first advisory was released. 30 flights under Operation Ganga have brought back 6,400 Indians from Ukraine so far. In the next 24 hours, 18 flights have been scheduled," Arindam Bagchi, ministry of external affairs spokesperson said on Thursday.

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Even as Operation Ganga is in full swing, the increasing intensity of the Russian assault, including on capital Kyiv is making the Indian students who are yet to be evacuated and their loved ones back home are getting desperate.

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Some students have alleged that they are not being allowed through at the Polish and Slovakian borders and have no place to go in view of the Russian offensive.

Turned away at the Polish and Slovakian borders, after travelling hundreds of kilometres from their respective colleges and standing in long queues for hours, prompted many students, in desperation, to resort to making video calls to media outlets to let the Indian authorities know the problems they are suffering.

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