Ukrainian Forces Stops Indian Students to Cross the Border: Report
New Delhi: Ukraine Force has started to target the Indian Students as India took the decision to remain neutral on the Ukraine-Russia issue. Several videos posted by the Indian students in Ukraine show, the Ukraine Army started to behave unlawfully with them and stop them to cross the border.
Indian students are trying to reach Poland for safe evacuation and forces are not allowing them to cross the border. As the Russia-Ukraine conflict rages on, India is making efforts to evacuate stranded citizens.
International students being used as hostage population/bargaining chips.
"This student is saying in Gujarati that he has learnt that Ukraine army have been told not to let Indians cross the border until the Indian government helps Ukraine." – @SanksPpic.twitter.com/Xea6FuzPrW
— Ruchir Sharma (@ruchirsharma_1) February 27, 2022
Indians stranded at the border allege that the situation has become tense after recent developments including India’s decision to abstain from the recent UN Security Council resolution on Ukraine. Visuals shared online by students show soldiers firing warning shots and using force to disperse them. Another clip showed a Ukrainian guard shoving an Indian girl away even as she begged him to allow her to make the border crossing.
My heart goes out to the Indian students suffering such violence and their family watching these videos. No parent should go through this.
GOI must urgently share the detailed evacuation plan with those stranded as well as their families.
We can’t abandon our own people. pic.twitter.com/MVzOPWIm8D
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) February 28, 2022
Many who made the journey to the border in freezing temperatures and with a slew of logistical issues now find themselves stuck at the border with little by way of food or water.
Ukraine is expecting support from India against Russia in the latest conflict developed there, but India has a very close relationship with Russia and decided to remain neutral on this issue.
