Nearly 150 Indian college students finding out at Kharkiv National Medical University fled Kharkiv, one of many worst-hit cities by Russian assaults, on Tuesday morning.

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A sixth-year MBBS pupil from Kapurthala, Jatinder Pal Singh, mentioned he boarded a prepare at 6.50am to achieve Lviv metropolis close to the Poland border. “An official on the Indian embassy in Ukraine knowledgeable us {that a} particular helpdesk has been arrange close to Lviv. From there we’re anticipated to achieve Polish territory with a refugee visa. From Poland, we could also be flying to Mumbai or Delhi. We are all anxious,” he said.

Students said the special train may take 17 hours to reach Lviv that falls in the ‘safe zone’ as there has not been news of the Russian invasion on that front.

The train in which the group of students is traveling is packed to capacity.

The Ukrainian authorities are not charging for train travel, the students said.

“The train will cross the national capital, Kyiv, which is the worst hit. Today, nine trains started for different cities from Kharkiv. Owing to the situation, there was no fixed departure schedule,” mentioned Harjinder Singh, one other pupil from Fazilka district.

He mentioned although the scenario in Kharkiv was comparatively calm since Monday morning, the historic authorities headquarters within the coronary heart of town was broken in a missile assault at 8am, barely an hour after they left.

“We gathered the braveness to journey out of Kharkiv. It was a danger price taking because the scenario is getting grimmer. We are maintaining our fingers crossed and sit up for assembly our households,” Harjinder mentioned.

The Kharkiv National Medical University has introduced the cancellation of all lessons until March 13.

In a message to college students on Monday, the rector or tutorial head of the college additionally introduced opening a devoted helpline for the counseling of scholars.