Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 05:52am on 14 May 2024,Tuesday India Global
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar revealed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi personally intervened to secure safe passage for Indian students during the Ukraine conflict. Modi contacted Russian President Vladimir Putin twice and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy once to ensure student safety. In Kharkiv, a designated evacuation spot came under Russian fire due to a misunderstanding, prompting Modi to call Putin, who then halted the attack. These efforts were part of a larger operation to evacuate students from Kharkiv and Sumy after Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, 2022. Jaishankar shared these details during an interaction with editors in Mumbai.
