Indian students of Sumy State University, Ukraine, have decided to take the risk and move to the borders after their efforts to contact the Indian embassy for directives in the wake of a ceasefire failed.
The students, holed up in their bunkers and basements for around 10 days, were struggling to survive as electricity and water connections to their hostels were cut off in shelling on Thursday. Food stock was running short and they melted ice to get water for basic needs.
“Rail tracks as well as bridges on some of the roads have been destroyed in the shelling. We do not know how we can get out,” says Niranjana Santhosh, a fifth year medical student of the university hailing from Thrissur. “Nobody is eating either due to anxiety. Everyone just wants to get out of this place somehow”, she added.
