Assam youth shares his journey as 600 Indian students evacuated from Sumy
Guwahati, March 10: The last big group of 600 Indian students evacuated from the northeastern Ukrainian city of Sumy has reached Poland.
The students had boarded a special train from Lviv for Poland. They are likely to board flights to India on Thursday. The students reached Lviv in western Ukraine from Poltava on another special train.
Assam youth Nilam Kalita from Golaghat's Dergaon was also evacuated from Sumy.
While speaking to The Assam Tribune, Kalita informed that on Wednesday he had boarded the train to Potlava from where they were brought to Lviv. "From Lviv, we have reached Poland. After clearing the immigration formality, we are expected to take flight for India," informed Kalita.
The students are enduring a strenuous journey to escape the war-hit region. This is the second attempt to evacuate them from Sumy, which has been witnessing heavy shelling and intense gunfire ever since a Russian offensive on Ukraine began last month.
For two weeks, the Indian students in Sumy waged a doughty battle in bomb shelters and basements of their hostels in frigid weather, low on food, drinking water and other essential supplies, as Russian forces clobbered the city with rockets and heavy gunfire.