Special Air India flights AI1946, from Kyiv in Ukraine landed in Delhi at around 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday.
Those who have most students who returned after the Indian Embassy in Ukraine issued advisors asking them to leave Ukraine while.
Dhruv Malhotra, a fifth year medical student in the city of Kharkiv in Ukraine, is among those who returned. “At present, peace and situations are controlled in Kharkiv and Kyiv. But tension seems to build, and we are advised to go,” he said.
Malhotra, who came from Vrindavan, said that his friends also immediately returned, several Air Indian flights were scheduled for the next few days, and others who had booked in other airlines. Apart from being landed on Tuesday, Air India operates two special flights between Kyiv and Delhi on February 24 and 26.
Mohammad Alfaiz, a second year medical student from Delhi, said that there seemed to be a lot of tensions between Ukrainians. “The situation is normal so far, but students are worried,” he said.
“The class will now be held online. This will have an impact on our study, because practice will be affected, and we will be able to return only once a normal back situation,” said Mohammad Zeeshan, as well as the second year MBBS students from Mumbai. “Our friends will be back soon. People returned as and when they can order flights. The flight ticket that we have seen is very expensive.”
Harwinder Saroha, a resident of Sonipat, whose daughter Nikita returned from Ternopil National Medical University, also showed that flight tickets were very expensive. “This ticket costs around Rs 66,000 now, when it is usually around Rs 26,000. We managed to get a ticket, but it might be difficult for others. There was no big problem where he lived, but we decided that he would be back on the safe side. He stayed more than 400 km from Kyiv, but did not have a problem traveling to Kyiv to take flight, “Saroha said.
Rajesh Rana, a Patiala resident, whose daughter Harshita, a 5th medical student, returned on Tuesday, also said that there were not too many flights for returns. “It’s very expensive. It is good that this flight is available, but it needs more,” said Rana.
Students are also returned by other flights on Tuesday. Divyam, who came from a bottle in Gujarat, and Neeraav Patel, also from Gujarat, returned to Delhi by Turkish Airlines flights. “We are not sure what the situation is on the border. The embassy that issued suggestions to leave, and students began to leave. Class will now be online,” said Divyam, a first year student in Chernivtsi.
In an advisor issued on February 20, the Indian Embassy in Kyiv has asked all Indian citizens “who live are not considered important and all Indian students” leave Ukraine while remembering the “level of tension and high uncertainty in connection with the situation in Ukraine” .
In other advisors issued on Tuesday, the embassy again asked Indian students to leave Ukraine while, rather than waiting for official confirmation from the university about online classes.