KOCHI: Though the administration has lifted the curfew in Kyiv, Kharkiv and Sumy in Ukraine and trains from Kyiv started conducting free evacuation services, the Malayali students stuck in the bunkers are doubtful whether they could reach the stations.
Siby Mathew, a student of VN Karazin Kharkiv National University and a native of Thiruvananthapuram, said that many of their friends from other countries have started a risky journey through the war zone to the western borders. Some of the Indian students in Kharkiv are now preparing to t ravel west as they think waiting in the bunkers for evacuation would not be wise as the embassy is not responding to their calls or emails.