Out of Sumy, nearly 700 Indian students heave a sigh of relief

After suffering for 13 days without food, water, nearly 700 students taken to safer place in Ukraine; they will now head for Romania to board India-bound flights

Indian students stop on their way to Poltava, in Ukraine, on Tuesday. Pic/PTI

Nearly 700 medical students who had been through hell for 13 days without food and water in Sumy amid intense bombings by Russia were taken to a safer place in Ukraine on Tuesday. “We moved out of Sumy at 9 am on buses and reached Poltava about 1.50 pm. We all were very frightened but equally excited during the journey,” said Mohammad Faisal, a native of Bihar. 

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