Ukraine Crisis: PM Modi chairs high level meet on Russian invasion, evacuation of Indians

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday evening chaired a second high-level meeting on the Ukraine crisis.

On Sunday, PM Modi held a two-hour long meeting with external affairs minister S Jaishankar, foreign secretary Harsh V Shringla and other top officials.

Prime Minister Modi during his meeting with external affairs minister S Jaishankar on Sunday said the evacuation of Indians from war-hit Kyiv is the top priority for the government.

The government has decided to send four Union ministers to the neighbouring countries of the war-hit nation to coordinate efforts to evacuate Indian students stranded there.

Union ministers Hardeep Puri, Jyotiraditya Scindia, Kiren Rijiju and V K Singh, who will be flying as India's "special envoys" to spearhead evacuation efforts, were present in the evening meeting, besides External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal and top bureaucrats.

Meanwhile, the government has announced that India will be sending humanitarian aid and medicines to Kyiv on the Ukrainian government's request. The modalities of humanitarian aid are being worked out.