PM Modi to chair another high-level meeting on Ukraine crisis

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will chair a high-level meeting on the Ukraine issue on Saturday. The Prime Minister has held regular high-level meetings over the Ukraine crisis. Over 13,300 people have returned to India so far under Operation Ganga from crisis-ridden Ukraine.

Tensions have escalated following Russia`s military action against Ukraine.

The External Affairs Ministry on Saturday said that almost all Indians have left Kharkiv city in Ukraine and the main focus of the government is to evacuate citizens from the Sumy area as it is challenging amid ongoing violence and lack of transportation.

The government has also deployed 'special envoys' to four neighbouring countries bordering Ukraine to coordinate and oversee the evacuation process of Indian nationals.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday chaired the fifth high-level meeting to review the progress of the ongoing evacuation of Indians from Ukraine under Operation Ganga.

The meeting was attended by External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal, National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, Principal Secretary to Prime Minister PK Mishra, Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba, Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla and senior officials of the external affairs ministry.

Russian forces launched military operations in Ukraine on February 24, three days after Moscow recognized Ukraine`s breakaway regions - Donetsk and Luhansk - as independent entities.