India seeks evacuation of thousands of nationals from Ukraine as Modi calls Putin


A girl walks past a painting depicting the crisis between Russia and Ukraine, outside an art school in Mumbai, India, February 24, 2022. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas

MUMBAI (Reuters) -India is focusing on evacuating its 16,000 nationals still stuck in Ukraine, Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla said late on Thursday, after Russian forces mounted a mass assault by land, air and sea on the former Soviet republic.

Teams of Indian foreign ministry officials have been sent to Ukraine's land borders with Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and Romania to provide assistance to any fleeing Indian nationals, Shringla told a press briefing.

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