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Russia-Ukraine crisis: PM Narendra Modi chairs meeting of Cabinet Committee on Security

The Ambassador has urged the Indian nationals to stay wherever they are, in their familiar locations

February 24, 2022

Russia-Ukraine crisis: PM Modi is likely to speak to Putin

On Thursday evening, amid the intensified Russia-Ukraine crisis Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired the meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS).

As per sources, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to speak to Russian President Vladimir Putin while External Affairs Minister Dr. S Jaishankar is expected to speak to his Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Kuleba.

Although details of the outcome of the meeting were not shared, it is assumed that Prime Minister Modi was briefed about the present situation in Ukraine and also about the Indians including students who have been stuck there.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Home Minister Amit Shah, and External Affairs Minister Jaishankar, Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister, P K Mishra, and National Security Advisor Ajit Doval were seen in the meeting as well as Union Ministers Piyush Goyal and Hardeep Singh Puri, though the duo was not part of the CCS.

Earlier in the day, Indian Ambassador to Ukraine Partha Satpathy said the situation is “highly tense and very uncertain, and this, of course, is causing a lot of anxiety“.

“I am reaching out to you from Kiev. Today early morning, we all woke up to the news that Ukraine is under attack,” Satpathy said. The air space is closed, railway schedules are in flux, and roads are crammed, he said, requesting everyone to “stay calm and face the situation with fortitude”.

The Indian Embassy continues to remain open and operate in Kiev.

The Ambassador has urged the Indian nationals to stay wherever they are, in their familiar locations. “Those who are in transit, please return to your familiar places of habitation. Those who are stranded here in Kiev, please get in touch with your friends and colleagues in Kiev, universities, and other community members, so that you can temporarily lodge there.”

[With Inputs from IANS]

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