22-year-old Indian student dies of stroke in Ukraine

Chandigarh: A 22-year-old student from Barnala district in Punjab who had suffered a stroke and was undergoing treatment for about a month died on Wednesday in Ukraine.

According to media reports, Chandan Jindal was admitted in Emergency Hospital Vinnytsia in Ukraine after suffering an Ischemic stroke. He breathed his last earlier in the day.

Jindal was studying at Vinnytsia National Pirogov Memorial Medical University, Vinnytsia for the past four years.

Taking to Twitter, the Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson had shared the information and expressed condolences to the family.

"With profound sorrow, we confirm that an Indian student lost his life in shelling in Kharkiv this morning. The Ministry is in touch with his family. We convey our deepest condolences to the family," he wrote in the tweet.

His family has written to the Government of India to make arrangements for bringing back his mortal remains.

The government is also making efforts to bring back the body of a student from Karnataka who died in shelling in Kharkiv a day ago.

Naveen Shekharappa Gyanagoudar, a 21-year-old medical student from Karnataka, was standing in the queue for food in Kharkiv on Tuesday morning when he was killed in a shelling.

Naveen was a final year medical student at the Kharkiv National Medical University. He was from Karnataka's Haveri and lived near a prominent government building that was blown up by Russian soldiers.

Meanwhile, the Indian Embassy in Ukraine issued a second advisory within an hour asking Indian nationals in Ukraine to leave Kharkhiv anyhow by 6pm on Wednesday. "If you are not able to get train, bus or any other means of transport, leave Kharkiv on foot by 6pm (Ukrainian time), Indian Embassy in Ukraine told stranded Indian citizens in an "urgent advisory" on Wednesday.

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During a media briefing, Bagchi said that cities in eastern Ukraine remain areas of concern.

"Cities in eastern Ukraine remain an area of concern. Encouraging reports that some students were able to board trains out of Kharkiv last night, today morning. We've been in communication with the Russian side regarding the safe passage of our nationals from Kharkiv and other cities," Bagchi told reporters.

"We have been in communication from the Russian side regarding a safe passage of our nationals. The advisory which was just issued by our embassy is on the basis of the information received from Russia," he added.

Bagchi said, "A mechanism for issuing emergency certificates to those who lost their Indian passports has been instituted. I think this will also help many Indian students."

Kharkiv, a largely Russian-speaking city near the Russian border, has a population of around 1.4 million. It has been found that Russian troops have landed in Kharkiv and are engaged in heavy fighting with Ukrainian forces.