: ‘There’s shelling everywhere’: Indian student’s death in Ukraine fills compatriots with panic #IndiaNEWS Pralay Kumar Nayak and Pratik Dhal, second-year medical students in Kharkiv National

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‘There’s shelling everywhere’: Indian student’s death in Ukraine fills compatriots with panic #IndiaNEWS
Pralay Kumar Nayak and Pratik Dhal, second-year medical students in Kharkiv National Medical University, represent the vagaries of fortune for those caught in the crossfire of the Russia-Ukraine war.On February 22, Dhal managed to leave Ukraine before flights were stopped. He is now safely home in Delhi. But Nayak has been sheltering underground in a metro station in the northeastern city of Kharkiv, amidst heavy Russian shelling. On Tuesday, an Indian student in Kharkiv was killed in the bombardment. Since Dhal got home on February 23, he has frequently been on the phone with his friends 4,000 km away, to get information about their situation and offer solace.On Monday morning, the Indian embassy in Ukraine issued an advisory asking Indians to “leave Kyiv urgently� by train or any means possible as shelling intensified in the capital.About 480 km east in Kharkiv, Indian students are holed up in basement bunkers and metro stations. No one knows exactly how many Indians there are in the city: estimates range from 2,000 to 4,000. Most of them study medicine. “We have been hearing sound of bombings regularly,� said Nayak, who has taken shelter in the Studentska metro station along with friends from university. “The structure vibrates. I can’t sleep peacefully. I am tired now.� Students in Kharkiv are in...Read more

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