A storage passage in the basement of a university in Kharkiv is a safe refuge for hundreds of Indian medical students as fighting rages.
Soumalya (left) and Fahad are among about 350 Indian students living in the basement of VN Karazin Kharkiv National University. All photos: Fahad / Soumalya
The students have been there since Thursday, February 24, due to a strict curfew and Russian shelling.
The students are short of food and clothing.
"It is very hard to be here for so many days. We are barely sleeping," said one.
Indians are among the largest group of foreign students in Ukraine. This group in Kharkiv were warned to stay in the college basement for safety as Russian troops advanced on Ukraine's second largest city.
Ukrainian authorities warn that Russian forces have struck residential neighbourhoods and administrative buildings with rockets and missiles.
A storage passage in the basement of a university in Kharkiv is a safe refuge for hundreds of Indian medical students as fighting rages.
Soumalya (left) and Fahad are among about 350 Indian students living in the basement of VN Karazin Kharkiv National University. All photos: Fahad / Soumalya
The students have been there since Thursday, February 24, due to a strict curfew and Russian shelling.
The students are short of food and clothing.
"It is very hard to be here for so many days. We are barely sleeping," said one.
Indians are among the largest group of foreign students in Ukraine. This group in Kharkiv were warned to stay in the college basement for safety as Russian troops advanced on Ukraine's second largest city.
Ukrainian authorities warn that Russian forces have struck residential neighbourhoods and administrative buildings with rockets and missiles.
A storage passage in the basement of a university in Kharkiv is a safe refuge for hundreds of Indian medical students as fighting rages.