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According to the students, with each passing day, things are getting worse. In the first few days, they could hear only gunshots.
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One of Modi’s fiercest critics, West Bengal CM #MamataBanerjee extended her ‘unconditional support’ to the PM while keeping aside ‘domestic disagreements’ in this period of crisis.
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"The main assurance for the safety of Indian students in Ukraine can only be given by Putin,” #Ukraine’s Ambassador to New Delhi Igor Polikha said.
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Indian students & citizens stranded in #Ukraine 🇺🇦:

What are the facts?

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A. India has about 20,000 students studying there.

That they would be in harm’s way should a conflict breakout was – a no-brainer.

So, what was done?
B. Jan 25, 2022 – Indian mission put this out.

Basically a form asking for citizens, including students to fill this up. There is nothing about evacuation in this. Image
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🧵Thread: Indians fleeing Ukraine are being assaulted, harassed.

The US had been mulling evacuations since December, repeatedly told its citizens to leave.

India’s ‘advisory’ came only on 15 Feb.

But across BJP-run WhatsApp groups, none of this matters: ImageImage
In this parallel world, the Ukraine evacuation of Indian students is a smashing success. So smashing that it has never been done before.

All on the basis of a video by ONE student who said he was treated warmly as he travelled across Ukraine.

“Why this was not before 2014?” ImageImage
In this parallel world, the last few days have shown what a superpower India is.

Where Ukraine called PM Modi “the world’s most powerful leader” (nope) and where the world is asking India to intervene and “help” and where Russia has promised to bring Indians to safety. (Nope) ImageImageImage
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As usual, lot of misinformation is being spread by media and impacted persons - mostly students -about Indian Government and Indian Embassy in Kyiv not being proactive on advising Indians to move out of Ukraine - let me call out their duplicity and being economical with truth.
This is the 3rd advisory issued.
Advisory issued on Feb. 25, 2022
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