Students from Tricity board train out of Kharkiv
Later in the day, UT Police personnel visited the residence of students who are stranded in Ukraine and met their family members.
Indian students standing outside Ukrainian embassy in Kyiv. (Screengrab/File) HOURS AFTER an MBBS student from Karnataka was killed in Russian shelling in Kharkiv on Tuesday, around three dozen students from the Tricity stuck in Ukraine were finally allowed to board trains to Lviv, which is situated close to the western border of the country, the family member of a Chandigarh student, Nikita Mehta, told the Indian Express. “Nikita told us today that as they were alerted by the Indian Embassy there to leave Kharkiv as soon as possible. They boarded a train for Lviv. The train will halt at Kyiv briefly before proceeding towards Lviv. According to Nitika, a large number of students from the Tricity and from parts of Punjab have managed to board the train along with her. She told us that the train was completely packed. They found accommodation on the floor of the train as all the seats were occupied. There are two trains which go from Kharkiv to Lviv every day. She talked to us minutes before boarding the train. She told us that they were advised to switch off their phones before boarding the train as active phone connectionss could be dangerous. She didn’t mention anything about the killing of an MBBS student in Kharkiv today,” Mayank Sharma, the cousin of Nikita Mehta, said.
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