Indian government making plans to evacuate citizens from Ukraine

The Indian government is in talks with various airlines to airlift its citizens out of Ukraine. According to a report by the United Nations, India has the largest diaspora in the world, with 18 million individuals living outside the country. Although most of those have settled in countries like the United States, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, or the United Kingdom, more than 20,000 persons of Indian origin are currently believed to be in Ukraine. The Indian embassy in Kyiv says around 18,000 of those are students.

In late January, the embassy asked all Indian citizens in Ukraine to register themselves for easy communication if things got worse in the future.