Actor-philanthropist Sonu Sood, who earned accolades for helping migrants reach their homes during the Covid-19 lockdown two year ago, is now helping Indian students stranded in Kharkiv city of war-torn Ukraine to reach the Polish border and return to their homes safely.
Shrishti Singh, a fourth-year student of Dnipropetrovsk State Medical Academy who belongs to Rewa in Madhya Pradesh, said: “I and my three friends were in Kharkiv when Sonu Sood’s team contacted us. They arranged a bus for us and helped us cross the border. As of now, we are at the Budapest railway station and waiting for further help from the embassy.”
Kranj, a third-year student of Ternopil National Medical University who belongs to Rajkot, Gujarat, said: “I have reached the Delhi airport with the help of Sonu Sood’s team, and now I am waiting for a flight to Ahmedabad . They provided us food and water when we were stuck at a petrol pump in lviv city, and have now even paid the fare for my Ahmedabad flight.”
Explaining the evacuation plan, Sonu Sood said local taxis are sent to students’ location, from where they are taken to the railway station in Kharkiv. From there, they travel to a safer location in Lviv city by train, where buses have already been arranged to ferry them to Polish border.
{{/usCountry}}Explaining the evacuation plan, Sonu Sood said local taxis are sent to students’ location, from where they are taken to the railway station in Kharkiv. From there, they travel to a safer location in Lviv city by train, where buses have already been arranged to ferry them to Polish border.
{{/usCountry}}“We are also paying for students’ air travel if they cannot afford it. Dozens of them have already reached their home in India,” said Sood, who belongs to Punjab’s Moga town.