VISAKHAPATNAM: Srija Reddy, a first year medical student of Kharkiv National Medical University in Ukraine, landed in Vizag on Friday after days of struggle. The native of Rampuram village near Pendurthi was stuck in the war-hit country along with several others, and took shelter under bunkers for over three days without sufficient food and water.
“I contacted Indian embassy officials on February 28 and narrated our ordeal. As per their instructions, around 20 of is reached Kharkiv railway station and were trying to catch the train, when there was bombing near the railway station. We were forced to travel in cabs for some distance, we walked miles in freezing temperatures to reach Poland border where we waited for several hours in the open before being allowed to cross over,” she said.
