For 35-year-old Rajesh Munishwar, a space and defence engineer hailing from Maharashtra's Nagpur and settled in Kyiv for the last 17 years, it is a "painful experience" to see his city get devastated by the Russian forces.

Munishwar, who has managed to flee Kyiv with his wife and eight-year-old son and cross over to Ukraine's neighbouring country Romania, said Kyiv has been surrounded by the Russian forces from all sides and several buildings, including key establishments, have fallen prey to heavy bombing.