Pak students use tricolour to cross Ukraine border
March 02, 2022 10:33
India's national tricolour came to the rescue of not only stranded Indians but also those hailing from Pakistan and Turkey to cross into the neighbouring countries of Ukraine.
The Indian students who arrived in the city of Bucharest in Romania from Ukraine said that the national flag helped them as well as some Pakistani and Turkish students in safely crossing the various checkpoints in the war-torn country.
The Indian students arrived in the Romanian city to catch the special evacuation flights being operated under 'Operation Ganga' from the neighbouring countries of Ukraine.
Air India, SpiceJet and Indigo are flying special evacuation flights.
"We were told in Ukraine that being Indians and carrying Indian flag, we won't have any problems," said a medical student who arrived from Odesa in Southern Ukraine.
The students narrated how they bought spray paints from the markets to prepare Indian flags.
"I ran to the market, bought some colour sprays and a curtain. I then cut the curtain and spray-painted it to make the Indian tricolour," said a student.
They added that even some Pakistani and Turkish students passed checkpoints using the Indian flag.
"The Turkish and Pakistani students were also using the Indian flag," a student said.
The students from Odessa moved from Molodova to Romania.
"We booked the bus from Odesa and came to the Molodova border. The Moldovan citizens were very nice. They provided us with free accommodation and taxis and buses to get to Romania," a student said. He said they did not face much problems in Molodova as the Indian embassy had already made the arrangements.
Image: A local resident stands next to her house that caught fire after recent shelling, in the separatist-controlled city of Donetsk. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko
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