The principle evacuation flight of the IAF with 200 Indians from Romania landed in Delhi in the early hours of Thursday.
Union Minister of Disclose for Defence Ajay Bhatt bought Indians evacuated from Ukraine at Hindon Air Harmful. (Characterize: Twitter/@AjaybhattBJP4UK)
The Indian Air Force’s first evacuation flight with 200 Indians from Romanian capital Bucharest landed at the Hindon air noxious right here in the early hours of Thursday, sources said.
The principle flight — which used to be performed utilizing C-17 protection drive transport airplane — landed in Delhi at 1.30 am.
Three extra C-17 airplane of the Indian Air Force (IAF) with roughly 300 evacuees from Ukraine will land at the Hindon airbase by 8 am on Thursday, sources said.
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India has been evacuating its voters through particular flights from Ukraine’s western neighbours equivalent to Romania, Hungary and Poland because the Ukrainian airspace has been shut since February 24 as a result of Russian protection drive offensive.
The IAF planes are also coming from these neighbouring countries, sources said.
Minister of Disclose for Defence Ajay Bhatt bought the Indian evacuees of the principle C-17 flight at the airbase.
Bought the principle flight C-17 of @IAF_MCC from #Bucharest carrying 200 students evacuated from #Ukriane safely to India at Hindon Airport, Delhi. #Operation Ganga @PMOIndia @rajnathsingh @DrSJaishankar @SpokespersonMoD pic.twitter.com/U8p784ftXz
— Ajay Bhatt (@AjaybhattBJP4UK) March 2, 2022
Roughly 8,000 Indians, mainly students, are stranded in Ukraine, Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla had said on Tuesday.
Four Union ministers have long gone to Ukraine’s western neighbours to facilitate the evacuation of Indian nationals.
Hardeep Singh Puri is in Hungary, Jyotiraditya Scindia is in Romania, Kiren Rijiju is in Slovakia and V Good ample Singh is in Poland.
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