New Delhi: Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri, who oversaw the ‘Operation Ganga’ launched by the government to evacuate Indians stranded in Ukraine following the Russian occupation, returned from Budapest on Monday with 6711 students.
With this, the Minister informed that all the citizens trapped in Budapest have been repatriated.
The Union Minister took to Twitter to express his happiness that the youth of the country can go home and spend time with their parents and family. ‘We are delighted to have arrived in Delhi with the final batch of our 6711 students from Budapest. Young people are happy, excited and relieved when they get home and will soon be reunited with their parents and families. I am proud to be able to help, ‘- Hardeep Singh Puri tweeted.
In one week, more than 16,000 students were evacuated from Ukraine through ‘Operation Ganga’.
The Indian embassy in Ukraine said almost all citizens had been evacuated from the rest of Ukraine, except Kharkiv and Sumi. ‘In the midst of shelling, roadblocks, diversions and other adverse conditions, food and water continued to be supplied to the pheasant in the quantities and means available.’
On February 24, Russian troops launched a military operation in Ukraine, three days after Russia recognized the separate Ukrainian regions of Donetsk and Luhansk.
