New Delhi: MEA of India said that all Indian students who were stuck in Sumy area of Ukraine have been successfully airlifted through Operation Ganga on Monday. MEA Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said that they had apprehensions but their mission to evacuate Indian students was successful.

He said in a tweet that it is happy to inform that we have been able to move out all Indian students from Sumy. The Indian students were first taken to Poltava, from where they boarded trains to western Ukraine, and were finally airlifted. Union Law and Justice Minister Kiren Rijiju also said all the students from Sumy were taken out. The interventions from the highest level & effective coordination of the team at the ground have saved our young students.