New Delhi: Air India will send two of its flights to Romania's capital Bucharest on Friday night to repatriate Indians stranded in Ukraine amid the Russian invasion. Senior government officials gave information in this regard. He said that all Indian nationals who have reached the Ukraine-Romania border by road will be taken to Bucharest by Indian government officials so that they can be brought home through these two Air India flights.
It may be recalled that on Thursday, Ukrainian authorities had closed their country's airspace to operate passenger planes, so these flights are being operated from Bucharest to bring back Indians. Officials said an Air India flight will take off from Delhi on Friday at around 9 pm, while the other flight will leave at around 10.25 pm. Officials said both air India flights will fly from Bucharest to India on Saturday.
The Indian Embassy in Ukraine said on Friday that it was working on determining the routes to come from Romania and Hungary. The embassy said that 'Currently, the team of officers is arriving at the Chop-Zahoni Hungarian border near Uzhorod, Porbne-Siret Romanian border posts near Chernivtsi.' The embassy said that Indian citizens living near these border check posts, especially students, are advised to leave in an orderly manner in coordination with the teams of the Ministry of External Affairs. Officials say that about 20,000 Indians are currently stranded in Ukraine, mostly students.
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