The embassy in Kyiv asked all Indian nationals whose stay is not deemed essential and all students to leave Ukraine temporarily in view of the ‘continued high levels of tensions and uncertainties’
A Ukrainian serviceman walks near the frontline village of Krymske, Luhansk region, in eastern Ukraine. AP
The Ukraine-Russia crisis keeps escalating and in the latest developments, India asked its embassy staff in Ukraine to return home and advised its citizens whose stay is not essential to leave that country temporarily in view of “high levels” of tensions and uncertainties.
Here’s a look at what India has said, the situation in Ukraine and all you need to know about this predicament.
India’s advisory to its diplomats, citizens
On Sunday, India asked the family members of its embassy staff in Ukraine to return home and advised its citizens whose stay is not essential to leave the country temporarily in view of “high levels” of tensions and uncertainties.
Official sources were reported by PTI as saying that said families of Indian Embassy officials in Ukraine have been asked to return to India.
In its advisory, the Indian embassy in Kyiv asked all the Indian students to leave that country temporarily.