Sleepless nights panic sounds of bombardment Jharkhand student shares Ukraine ordeal
Ranchi Feb 26 PTI Md Shahrukh Ansari 23 a fourth-year student at Kyiv Medical University in Ukraine could not sleep through the night on Friday at his apartment in Kyiv amid intermittent sounds of bombshells and gunfireAnsari a resident of Jhumri Telaiya in Jharkhands Koderma district has locked himself in a room along with his five friends including two each from Uttar Pradesh and Himachal Pradesh and one from Assam They are eagerly waiting for their turn to return to IndiaThe situation is very critical here We are spending sleepless nights amid sounds of bombardments and gunfire Even though bunker shelters have been created within the campus the vulnerable situation has left us in panic We want to return to India anyhow I request the Indian government as well as the Hemant Soren government in Jharkhand to please do something for our safe return as early as possible Ansari told PTI over WhatsApp call from KyivPointing out that they were in touch with the Indian Embassy there Ansari said We have been asked to wait for information from the Embassy and not to venture out Ansaris elder brother Saif Ali who runs a business in Jhumri Telaiya told PTI his sibling went to Ukraine for medical studies in 2018Since then he is living there We never thought that situation will become like this We urge the state government to bring my brother back from Ukraine Saif Ali saidAnsari is not an isolated case More than 100 students who went to study in Ukraine from Jharkhand are trapped in different locationsAn official with the state control room set up by the Jharkhand government to help families of students and workers stuck in crisis-hit Ukraine said We have received about 100 calls regarding students and workers trapped in Ukraine since Friday night Head of the state control room Johnson Topno told PTI as many as 86 students of Jharkhand have been traced to different parts of Ukraine till 5 pm on SaturdayOf them 62 are men and 18 are women he saidNoting that they have traced the highest number of 23 students from Ranchi followed by 11 each from Hazaribagh and Sahibganj in Ukraine Topno said calls are still pouring inMost of the callers are medical students studying in Kharkiv National Medical College National Pirogov Memorial Medical University Bogomolets National Medical University Poltawa University Kyiv and others he saidThe students have narrated that they are trapped in bunkers and places near the Russian and Romanian borders They are waiting for the opening of the border so that transportation becomes easier he said Topno said that the state control room would submit a detailed list to the state government so that it can coordinate with the Centre accordinglyMeanwhile Chief Minister Hemant Soren announced that the state will reimburse the airfare of those who are returning from war-torn Ukraine on personal expenses PTI SAN NAM MM MM
Ranchi Feb 26 PTI Md Shahrukh Ansari 23 a fourth-year student at Kyiv Medical University in Ukraine could not sleep through the night on Friday at his apartment in Kyiv amid intermittent sounds of bombshells and gunfireAnsari a resident of Jhumri Telaiya in Jharkhands Koderma district has locked himself in a room along with his five friends including two each from Uttar Pradesh and Himachal Pradesh and one from Assam They are eagerly waiting for their turn to return to IndiaThe situation is very critical here We are spending sleepless nights amid sounds of bombardments and gunfire Even though bunker shelters have been created within the campus the vulnerable situation has left us in panic We want to return to India anyhow I request the Indian government as well as the Hemant Soren government in Jharkhand to please do something for our safe return as early as possible Ansari told PTI over WhatsApp call from KyivPointing out that they were in touch with the Indian Embassy there Ansari said We have been asked to wait for information from the Embassy and not to venture out Ansaris elder brother Saif Ali who runs a business in Jhumri Telaiya told PTI his sibling went to Ukraine for medical studies in 2018Since then he is living there We never thought that situation will become like this We urge the state government to bring my brother back from Ukraine Saif Ali saidAnsari is not an isolated case More than 100 students who went to study in Ukraine from Jharkhand are trapped in different locationsAn official with the state control room set up by the Jharkhand government to help families of students and workers stuck in crisis-hit Ukraine said We have received about 100 calls regarding students and workers trapped in Ukraine since Friday night Head of the state control room Johnson Topno told PTI as many as 86 students of Jharkhand have been traced to different parts of Ukraine till 5 pm on SaturdayOf them 62 are men and 18 are women he saidNoting that they have traced the highest number of 23 students from Ranchi followed by 11 each from Hazaribagh and Sahibganj in Ukraine Topno said calls are still pouring inMost of the callers are medical students studying in Kharkiv National Medical College National Pirogov Memorial Medical University Bogomolets National Medical University Poltawa University Kyiv and others he saidThe students have narrated that they are trapped in bunkers and places near the Russian and Romanian borders They are waiting for the opening of the border so that transportation becomes easier he said Topno said that the state control room would submit a detailed list to the state government so that it can coordinate with the Centre accordinglyMeanwhile Chief Minister Hemant Soren announced that the state will reimburse the airfare of those who are returning from war-torn Ukraine on personal expenses PTI SAN NAM MM MM
