The fourth Air India flight carrying 198 Indian Nationals
stranded in Ukraine has left Bucharest in Romania for Delhi under operation
Ganga, said External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar said today.

Jaishankar tweeted “Operation Ganga continues. The
fourth flight has left to bring our 198 Indians from Bucharest to Delhi
safely.”

The third Air India evacuation flight, AI1940 which
departed from the Hungarian capital Budapest landed in Delhi at
around 9.20 am on Sunday.

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Earlier in a tweet, the Foreign Minister informed that
the third flight to Delhi with 240 Indian nationals has taken off from
Hungary’s Budapest under Operation Ganga.

“The third flight of #OperationGanga with 240 Indian
nationals has taken off from Budapest for Delhi,” he tweeted.

On Saturday, India began the operation to evacuate its stranded citizens amid the Russian military invasion of Ukraine. According to media reports, the Russian military continues to advance in the capital of Ukraine, Kyiv. The Ukrainian airspace has been closed for civil aircraft operations since February 24 when the Russian military attack began.  

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The Indian Embassy in Kyiv has advised Indian citizens
against moving to any of the border checkpoints without prior coordination with
government officials, amid the ongoing Ukraine-Russia
crisis.

A total of 469 Indians have been evacuated from war-torn
Ukraine, with 250 landing in Delhi on Sunday morning and 219 landing in Mumbai
on Saturday evening. The government is not charging the rescued citizens for
the evacuation flights.

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On Saturday, the embassy issued an advisory to Indian
nationals saying that the situation at various border checkpoints is sensitive
and it is working continuously with Embassies in the neighbouring countries for
coordinated evacuation of Indian citizens.

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“All Indian Citizens in Ukraine are advised to not
move to any of the border posts without prior coordination with Government of
India officials at the border posts and the Emergency numbers of Embassy of
India, Kyiv,” the advisory read.

The advisory added that the embassy is finding it
increasingly difficult to help the crossing of those Indian nationals who reach
border checkpoints without prior intimation.

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It further advised Indians to stay in western cities of
Ukraine where access to water, food, accommodation, and basic amenities is
relatively safer.