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Uncertain Future for Indian Students Escaping Ukraine Nightmare

Thousands of students seeking cheap education caught in shelling

Mar 14, 2022
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By: Neeta Lal

Akriti Pandey, 22, a second-year dentistry student at Odessa Medical University in the central Ukraine city of Poltava, boarded a convoy of 14 buses carrying the last 600 Indian students to escape into a nightmare, dashing toward pickup points as missiles whizzed overhead and buildings crumbled all around her.

Before they could get off the b…

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