For evacuation of Indians, Russia plans humanitarian corridors

New Delhi, Mar 02: The Russian envoy to India has promised a probe into the death of an Indian student in Ukraine. Russia is also working on putting in place humanitarian corridors for the safe evacuation of Indian nationals stranded in conflict zones, Russian ambassador-designate Denis Alipov said on Wednesday.

The evacuation of Indian nationals stuck in Kharkiv, Sumy and other conflict zones has become a top priority for India. On Tuesday and Indian medical student, Naveen Shekharappa died in Ukraine.

Alipov said that Russia hopes to have a humanitarian corridor in place as soon as possible so that Indians in conflict zones can be moved to Russian territory. Alipov offered his deepest condolences over the death of the Indian student. Russia will do everything it possibly can to ensure the safety of Indians in conflict zones he said, while adding that there would be an investigation into his death.