Air India Ukraine

Air Marshal Vibhas Pande said on Thursday that though the current Russia-Ukraine conflict has affected the supply chain globally, due to indigenisation in the Indian Airforce, it has not affected the country "very badly".

Russian air defence units shot down seven Ukrainian drones over southern Belgorod region on Monday, regional governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said on Telegram.

India today aired its concerns over pressures regarding procuring oil at affordable rates, while taking questions regarding price cap on Russian oil, proposed by the G7 (Group of Seven industrialised nations).

Amid the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine, India has received the simulators and other equipment from Moscow for the training squadron of the S-400 Triumf air defence missile system.

In an apparent reference to the crisis in Ukraine, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday told top commanders of the Indian Air Force that the current geopolitical situation has again highlighted the need for indigenisation of military hardware.

An Air India flight from Poland's Rzeszow carrying students evacuated from northeastern Ukrainian city Sumy, landed in Delhi on Friday morning, officials said.

Three Air Force aircraft carrying 629 Indians from Ukraine's neighbouring countries landed at the Hindon air base near Delhi early this morning.

The Indian Air Force (IAF) has kept two IL-76 military transport aircraft on standby to evacuate Indians who are stranded in conflict-hit eastern Ukrainian cities like Sumy and Kharkiv from Russian capital Moscow, officials said on Friday.

A video of the junior Defence Minister giving a short speech, inside an Indian Air Force aircraft, on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's contribution to the efforts to bring home Indian students stranded in conflict-hit Ukraine has raised a controversy.

Minister of State for Defence Ajay Bhatt on Thursday said that Operation Ganga is progressing successfully and that four Union Ministers are taking care of every aspect of evacuation operations in different neighbouring countries of Ukraine.

Russia is pushing hard to seize control in major Ukrainian cities as the country puts up a defiant stand. India has stepped up evacuation of its citizens from the war zone by roping in the Air Force.

Russia's invasion of Ukraine entered its eighth day today. Major cities are still under Ukraine's control and Russia has stepped up its offensive and is now bombing civilian areas too.

The Indian Air Force's first evacuation flight with 200 Indians from Romanian capital Bucharest landed at the Hindon air base here in the early hours of Thursday, sources said.

As India evacuated hundreds of more students on Wednesday from war-hit Ukraine, Union Minister General VK Singh was seen welcoming a "four-legged friend" onboard one of the Air Force flights out of Poland.

Harsh Panwar and his girlfriend Reva Shrivastava slept soundly for the first time in a week at a shelter in a wedding venue near the Romanian capital Bucharest, after fleeing Ukraine to the sound of sirens warning of Russian air strikes.

Air Marshal Vibhas Pande said on Thursday that though the current Russia-Ukraine conflict has affected the supply chain globally, due to indigenisation in the Indian Airforce, it has not affected the country "very badly".

Russian air defence units shot down seven Ukrainian drones over southern Belgorod region on Monday, regional governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said on Telegram.

India today aired its concerns over pressures regarding procuring oil at affordable rates, while taking questions regarding price cap on Russian oil, proposed by the G7 (Group of Seven industrialised nations).

Amid the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine, India has received the simulators and other equipment from Moscow for the training squadron of the S-400 Triumf air defence missile system.

In an apparent reference to the crisis in Ukraine, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday told top commanders of the Indian Air Force that the current geopolitical situation has again highlighted the need for indigenisation of military hardware.

An Air India flight from Poland's Rzeszow carrying students evacuated from northeastern Ukrainian city Sumy, landed in Delhi on Friday morning, officials said.

Three Air Force aircraft carrying 629 Indians from Ukraine's neighbouring countries landed at the Hindon air base near Delhi early this morning.

The Indian Air Force (IAF) has kept two IL-76 military transport aircraft on standby to evacuate Indians who are stranded in conflict-hit eastern Ukrainian cities like Sumy and Kharkiv from Russian capital Moscow, officials said on Friday.

A video of the junior Defence Minister giving a short speech, inside an Indian Air Force aircraft, on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's contribution to the efforts to bring home Indian students stranded in conflict-hit Ukraine has raised a controversy.

Minister of State for Defence Ajay Bhatt on Thursday said that Operation Ganga is progressing successfully and that four Union Ministers are taking care of every aspect of evacuation operations in different neighbouring countries of Ukraine.

Russia is pushing hard to seize control in major Ukrainian cities as the country puts up a defiant stand. India has stepped up evacuation of its citizens from the war zone by roping in the Air Force.

Russia's invasion of Ukraine entered its eighth day today. Major cities are still under Ukraine's control and Russia has stepped up its offensive and is now bombing civilian areas too.

The Indian Air Force's first evacuation flight with 200 Indians from Romanian capital Bucharest landed at the Hindon air base here in the early hours of Thursday, sources said.

As India evacuated hundreds of more students on Wednesday from war-hit Ukraine, Union Minister General VK Singh was seen welcoming a "four-legged friend" onboard one of the Air Force flights out of Poland.

Harsh Panwar and his girlfriend Reva Shrivastava slept soundly for the first time in a week at a shelter in a wedding venue near the Romanian capital Bucharest, after fleeing Ukraine to the sound of sirens warning of Russian air strikes.