Ukraine 10,800 Indians brought back by special flights from Ukraine’s neighbouring countries: Centre
New Delhi: The Centre on Friday announced 10,800 Indians were brought back by special flights from war-hit Ukraine’s neighbouring countries.
"Under ‘Operation Ganga’ to rescue Indian citizens, 17 special flights have come back to the country today from Ukraine’s neighbouring countries, including 14 civilian flights and 3 C-17 IAF flights," the Indian government said in a statement.
One more Civilian flight is expected to arrive later in the day.
While Civilian flights carried 3142 persons, C-17 flights evacuated 630 passengers.
So far, over 9364 Indians have been evacuated by 43 special civilian flights.
"7 flights of C-17 have so far evacuated 1428 passengers and taken 9.7 tonnes of relief material," read the statement.
Today’s civilian flights included 4 from Bucharest, 2 from Kosice, 4 from Budapest, 3 from Rzeszow and 2 from Suceava, while IAF flew 2 flights from Bucharest and 1 from Budapest.
"Tomorrow, 11 special civilian flights are expected to bring back more than 2200 Indians, with 10 landing in New Delhi and one in Mumbai. 5 flights will originate from Budapest, 2 from Rzeszow and 4 from Suceava. Four C-17 aircraft are airborne for Romania, Poland and Slovakia, which are expected to reach late at night and early morning tomorrow," read the statement.
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