Pranav Kashyap
Students stranded in Ukraine amidst the escalating Ukraine-Russia war are wrestling with the situation to stay safe. Many students have brought supplies and the mess is providing them with food with and without meal cards. The Hostel Warden and student coordinators are handling the situation. They are also being taken care of by Bob Trade Education Group, a leading provider of foreign students for Study in Ukraine in terms of food and water.
“If this continues, we will run out of supplies,” a student of Kharkiv National Medical University said on condition of anonymity. While they have phone connectivity, she said, “We've been sitting here for two days. All our flights have been canceled. We are upset and tense."
On Saturday morning, they were allowed to go out, but after hearing a loud sound,
they immediately came back inside, said another student who belongs to Udupi.
The college has provided them with Google map links to locate the nearest shelter
home or bomb shelters.
They are recognizing the sound of sirens. One long siren indicates curfew hour and
multiple sounds mean a warning that roads are empty, and shops are closed.
Students are finding it difficult to pay for what they buy. They are not able to get the
online payment from their parents as banks are not working.
Gaanashree, from Shivamogga, an MBBS student at Sumy State University, lives in
Sumy, Ukraine, 340 km from Kyiv, in an apartment with five others all from
Karnataka.
While she and her friends have sufficient food and water for a weekend and are
attending online classes, they are unable to pay easily. Supermarkets and grocery
stores are shut but medical shops and hospitals are open. However, shops are not
allowing card or online payment. Only cash is acceptable. ATMs and banks are closed.
Anxious about evacuation, many students have been trying to call the Indian
Embassy but finding connections unreachable.
Ayush Patil from Mumbai, also an MBBS student in Ivano-frankivsk National
Medical University, Ukraine, along with 2,000 other Indians will be evacuated on
Saturday morning. Twenty buses arranged by the Indian Embassy will take them to
Hungary, Slovakia, and other countries.
But he is unsure when he will reach India. Advaith Gade, from Mumbai, studying at Vinnytsia National Pirogov Medical University, Ukraine, said Vinnystia is the safest place
in Ukraine right now. Currently, in a hostel, he and his friends tried calling the Indian
Embassy many times, but they did not get a response.
Ashwanth J. S., from Tamil Nadu and a student of V. N Karazin University, stay in
Kharkiv, east Ukraine. He is safe but in surrounding areas, he could hear the sound of
explosion.
He has been trying to contact the Indian embassy but found the line is busy. He filled
a form and submitted to the Indian embassy and is waiting for a reply. He booked his
flight tickets four days ago but his travel on Friday morning was cancelled.
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