Indian Embassy helps in evacuation of 75 Indian sailors from Ukraine's Mykolaiv Port

Kyiv/New Delhi: The Indian Embassy in Kyiv on Tuesday said it has intervened to evacuate 75 Indian sailors stranded in Mykolaiv Port, in southern Ukraine.

The Indian Embassy said that yesterday it arranged buses to evacuate 57 sailors, including two Lebanese and three Syrians.

Due to "constraints" on the route, another 23 sailors could not be evacuated, which is being attempted today, it said.

“Mission intervened to evacuate 75 Indian sailors stranded in Mykolaiv Port. Yesterday buses arranged by Mission evacuated total of 57 sailors including 2 Lebanese & 3 Syrians. Route constraints precluded evacuation of balance 23 sailors. Mission is attempting their evacuation today,” it said.

The sailors were in the vessel since the war broke out between Russia and Ukraine on February 24. (UNI)