Student who refused to leave Ukraine without his dog, reaches India via Hungary

Rishab Kaushik a Dehradun resident who refused to leave wartorn Ukraine without his pet dog Maliboo arrived in India early on Friday via Budapest HungaryKaushik is an undergraduate student of software engineering at the Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics EngineeringHe had posted a video on Instagram regarding the difficulties he is facing in bringing his dog along with him to India urging the Government to allow NOCRishab Kaushik amp his dog Malibu return home from Ukraine via Budapest Hungary Kaushik who hails from Dehradun Uttarakhand amp is pursuing Engg in Kharkiv had posted on Instagram the difficulties hes facing in bringing his dog along with him to India urging Govt to allow NOC pictwittercomQrNZH7vB1Lmdash ANI ANI March 4 2022His video led People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals PETA to appeal to the Indian government to press for allowing the Indians to take their pets along with in the flightsEarlier on Tuesday the Government of India issued a memorandum facilitating a onetime relaxation measure for bringing back pet dogs and cats along with stranded Indians who are being evacuated from warhit UkraineThere was a lot of documentation in India the procedure was long But in warlike situations they shouldve allowed their own citizens So I had put up the appeal A memorandum had come recently which stated that pets and even strays are now being allowed without NOC Kaushik told ANIA special flight from Hungary carrying 219 Indian nationals stranded in conflicttorn Ukraine reached Delhi on FridayThe special IndiGo flight under Operation Ganga departed from Hungarys capital Budapest on ThursdayMinister of State for Home Affairs Nisith Pramanik received the Indian students on their arrival at Indira Gandhi International Airport He also interacted with the studentsThe Ministry of External Affairs in close coordination with the Ministry of Civil Aviation is making all efforts to bring the Indian students back to India at a fast paceFour Union Ministers Hardeep Singh Puri Jyotiraditya M Scindia Kiren Rijiju and Gen Retd VK Singh have gone to countries adjoining Ukraine to support and supervise evacuation operations Indian civilian planes as well as Indian Air Force planes are regularly bringing back stranded Indian studentsThe Ministry of External Affairs said more than 7400 persons are expected to be brought through special flights in the next two days Further 3500 persons are expected to be brought back on Friday and over 3900 on March 5Russian forces launched military operations in Ukraine on February 24 three days after Moscow recognized Ukraines breakaway regions Donetsk and Luhansk as independent entitiesSeveral countries including the UK the US Canada and the European Union have condemned Russias military operations in Ukraine and imposed sanctions on Moscow These countries have also promised Ukraine to help with military aid to fight RussiaThe US Canada and European allies agreed to remove key Russian banks from the interbank messaging system SWIFT which means Russian banks wont be able to communicate securely with banks beyond Russias borders President Putin has also signed a decree on special economic measures against the US and its alliesThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever