We are getting very little water, barely enough to cook,” said the over 700 Indian students stuck at Sumy, adding that they are not getting any help to evacuate. They added that the army personnel are not letting them leave the hostel. Speaking with mid-day, Hardi Patel, a medical student, said, “We haven’t bathed in so many days. There is no water at the hostel.”

Patel added, “Tankers come and give us a limited amount of water, which is not enough even to cook. We only have some rice, onion and potato that we are cooking. There is also no electricity. We are using a generator during the day, but that is shut by 7 pm, even amid this freezing temperature.”