Viral Video Of Indian Students In Sumy, Ukraine - Collecting Snow To Melt For Water

A group of Indian students in Sumy, a city in the conflict-torn northeast of Ukraine, has requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi's assistance in evacuating them in the face of the Russian invasion. A recent viral video shows a student pleading with Prime Minister Modi and the Indian government to save them.

Water and food are in low supply, according to the student. "I haven't drank a drop of water since last night", says a student crying in the video. Earlier another video also went viral which shows about 100 students appealing for help getting to Ukraine's western border, where they can travel into neighbouring countries and catch a flight home.

The Russian invasion began in the eastern part of Ukraine. The capital, Kyiv, and the second-largest city, Kharkiv, in the east, have taken the worst of the damage. Thousands of Indian students from these places have successfully crossed into Poland, Hungary, and other neighbouring countries, albeit in tremendous danger and using any kind of transportation they could find.

Indian students at a dormitory in the northeastern city of Sumy were shown in a video collecting snow to melt for water, demonstrating how terrible the situation is in war-torn Ukraine. According to reports, some 800-900 Indian students have been detained in the Medical Institute of Sumy State University's dorms for more than a week and are running out of food and water. And, with Russian soldiers shelling and bombing over the town, they are hoping to be rescued from their perilous predicament soon. Meanwhile, the administration has expressed its concern about Sumy.