Bhubaneswar, February 25: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday spoke to Union Home Minister Amit Shah over telephone and requested him for safe evacuation of stranded Odia students and labourers from the war-torn Ukraine.
“Union Home Minister Shah assured the Chief Minister that the Government of India is in touch with the Ukraine Government and working to bring back students and labourers from Ukraine at the earliest,” said a CMO statement.
Russia President Vladimir Putin announced a special military operation in Ukraine on Wednesday night. Russia has launched multiple attacks on several areas in central and eastern Ukraine.
According to reports, nearly 400 Indian students in Ukraine’s Sumy city bordering Russia have taken shelter in a basement after Russian forces took control of it and have appealed to the government of India to evacuate them.
