“We are served a small plate of food at the table for six students. It is not sufficient for even one student. If we survive Russian bombing then starvation will kill us,” Deepanshu Gautam, a 3rd-year MBBS student hiding in Kyiv, the capital city of Ukraine, said while begging for evacuation. Thousands of Indians are reportedly stranded in Ukraine which was bombed by Russia on Thursday.
Gautam, whose family resides in Chandini Chowk in New Delhi, choked and cried while speaking to Outlook over the phone from an indoor basketball stadium of a school where he has taken shelter along with three hundred other students.
“Yesterday, we were served a small plate of rice with very little quantity of Dal Makhani as if it was just sprinkled over the rice plate. Students have been divided into a group of six and each group gets a similar plate to eat,” he said adding that whatever food students had brought from home have finished now.
“Sir, I am begging for my life, sir. Please tell the Indian government to get us evacuated from here as soon as they can. We can hear the sounds of the bomb explosions. We are extremely terrified sir,” Gautam told Outlook on a WhatsApp call with his other friends heard in the backdrop pleading for the same. He said that 400 meters away from his building explosions were happening.
"The only relief is that I have been told that since we are close to the embassy, this area will not be bombed," he said adding that all the students have been strictly advised not to venture out else they might be shot at.