India : Three Air Force aircraft carrying 629 Indians from Ukraine’s neighbouring countries landed at the Hindon air base near Delhi early this morning.
India has been evacuating its citizens from war-torn Ukraine’s neighbouring countries such as Romania, Hungary, Slovakia and Poland as the Ukrainian airspace has been shut since February 24 due to the Russian military offensive.
“Till date, the Indian Air Force (IAF) has flown 10 sorties to bring back 2,056 passengers as part of Operation Ganga,” the IAF statement said.
The three Air Force aircraft – all of them C-17 heavy lift transport aircraft – had taken off on Friday from the Hindon air base, it said.
“These flights evacuated 629 Indian nationals from Romania, Slovakia and Poland. These flights also carried 16.5 tone’s of relief load from India to these countries,” the statement added.
