5 Indian students still stranded in Ukraine's Kherson, claims Rajasthan activist

According to an activist from Bundi in Rajasthan, five Indian students are still stranded in the south Ukrainian city of Kherson and have urged the Centre to evacuate them.

Charmesh Sharma claimed that the students, who have taken refuge inside a building amid a fierce Russian military offensive, got in contact with him via WhatsApp and narrated their plight.

Sharma has written to the office of the president, prime minister and Union minister of External Affairs, urging them immediately take steps to airlift the five stranded Indian students.

The five Indian students who are trapped in the Ukrainian city are Vadi Vivek and Milan Domadiya, both from Jamnagar in Gujarat, Tannu and Simran Kaur from Haryana's Rohtak and Arokia Raj from Tamil Nadu.

During the call, the students said they were not in a position to venture out of their building due to heavy shelling, Sharma claimed.

He said the Indian students who have so far been evacuated by the government had to walk or travel to the warn-torn country's borders but these five students are not in a position to do so due to heavy shelling, Sharma said.

The students said they have exhausted their food supplies and are left with little money. A taxi driver in Kherson city recently cheated the five students of around 200 dollars on pretext of giving them a safe ride, Sharma claimed.

Three flights from Poland's Rzeszow carrying Indian students who were stuck in Ukraine's Sumy landed in Delhi on Friday.