918 students have returned to Andhra from Ukraine: Govt

While 692 students were brought back by the government under Operation Ganga, another 226 returned home on their own, AP Special Task Force chairman M T Krishna Babu said.

The Andhra Pradesh government on Sunday said a total of 918 students, including a few belonging to other states, had been repatriated to the state from war-hit Ukraine.

Among those brought back by the AP government were six students from Telangana, two from Karnataka and one each from Kerala and Odisha. (HT Photo)

While 692 students were brought back by the government under Operation Ganga, another 226 returned home on their own, AP Special Task Force chairman M T Krishna Babu said.

“Only one student said he was staying back in Ukraine while another reached his relatives house in Poland,” Krishna Babu said in a release.

Among those brought back by the AP government were six students from Telangana, two from Karnataka and one each from Kerala and Odisha.

Domicile status of another 96 students was not known, he said.

“Some students have left Ukraine after the announcement from the (Indian) Embassy before the start of the crisis. Education consultants have brought a few students back, of whom there is no data available. And, a few students, who crossed the borders into neighbouring countries, have left on their own or moved to their relatives’ homes in some other countries,” Krishna Babu added.