Indian Embassy issues advisory on flights between India-Ukraine
The advisory will be updated as and when more flight options are available.
Kyiv: The Embassy of India in Ukraine on Tuesday issued an advisory on flights between India-Ukraine as of 21 February 2022.
The Embassy said in a statement, "In view of the continued high level of tensions in Ukraine, additional flights are being organised. Four flights from Kyiv to Delhi to operate on Feb 25, Feb 27 and March 6, 2022".
The advisory will be updated as and when more flight options are available.
Advisory on Flights between India-Ukraine
— India in Ukraine (@IndiainUkraine) February 21, 2022
as on 21 February 2022
Kind attention: Students/Indian Nationals in Ukraine @MEAIndia @PIB_India @DDNewslive @IndianDiplomacy @PIBHindi pic.twitter.com/wUrI80IKVs
In a second advisory issued on Sunday, India has asked its citizens including students who are living in Ukraine to return if their stay in the east European nation "is not deemed essential". The embassy in Ukraine said Indian citizens should look for any available commercial or charter flight to get out of the country amid tensions over a possible invasion by Russia.
The first of three evacuation flights to be operated under the flight number — AI1947 — departed from Delhi Tuesday. Two more flights are planned later this week on Thursday and Saturday.
The flight, which is being operated on the Boeing 787 Dreamliner with 256 seats, is expected to reach the Boryspil airport in Kyiv later on Tuesday evening and evacuate Indian citizens from there.
According to reports, as Russia-Ukraine tensions escalate, Ukrainian civilians are taking part in military drills to prepare for possible war, handling automatic rifles or advancing in formation.
