An Indian student was reportedly shot while trying to escape Ukrainian capital Kyiv during Russian shelling, Minister of State for Civil Aviation V K Singh told ANI.
"I received information today that a student coming from Kyiv got shot and was taken back into Kyiv and immediately taken to hospital. We're trying for maximum evacuation in minimum loss," he is quoted as saying.
Singh is one of the four ministers sent as special envoys to Ukraine's neighbouring countries to oversee the evacuation of Indians from war-hit Ukraine.
Recently on March 1, a young Indian medical student, Naveen SG of Karnataka, was killed in shelling in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv when he ventured out to buy food for himself and fellow students.
India has been evacuating its citizens through special flights from Ukraine's western neighbours such as Romania, Hungary and Poland as the Ukrainian airspace has been shut since February 24 due to the Russian military offensive.
(With PTI inputs)
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