Russian military says trying to evacuate Indians from Kharkiv as PM Modi speaks to Putin

Amid tensions with Ukraine, Russian Ambassador-designate Denis Alipov on Wednesday said it is working "intensely" to create a "humanitarian corridor" for safe passage to Russian territory of Indian nationals stuck in Kharkiv, Sumy and other conflict zones in Ukraine. Meanwhile, Russia also said that Ukraine is taking Indian students hostage. "Russia is trying to organize an urgent evacuation of a group of Indian students from Kharkiv through humanitarian corridor. At the same time, these students are actually taken hostage by the Ukrainian security forces", said one of the Russian reports.

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