The United States' first coordinated efforts to evacuate its private citizens from Sudan took place on Friday when a convoy of buses carrying approximately 300 Americans departed the war-torn capital of Khartoum and began a 525-mile journey to the Red Sea.
Armed American drones flew high above the convoy, keeping a close eye out for potential threats. After securing security guarantees from the enemies, the United Nations and numerous other countries have also evacuated their citizens overland, reported The New York Times.
The foreign ministry of Saudi Arabia reported that around 150 people, including diplomats and officials from several countries, had been rescued from Sudan and landed in Jeddah. The foreign ministry of Saudi Arabia stated that the naval forces of the country assisted in the first announced evacuation of civilians.
As thousands of Ukrainians are pouring into the neighbouring countries as Russian attacks grows stronger, a 63-year-old Nepalese man has chosen to stay behind with his son to fight as all Ukrainian men aged 18 to 60 have been told to help the armed forces.
Jayant Kumar Nepal (63) left Nepal, his home country, and shifted to Ukraine in 1979 to do business. For 40 years, he has been living there with his wife and son, following which they have acquired Ukrainian citizenship.
Speaking to WION, Kumar said that he cannot leave his 36-year-old son behind alone to fight.
Indian minister General V.K. Singh (retd) who arrived in Budomierz a border between Ukraine and Poland to facilitate the evacuation of Indian students assured them that the Polish university have agreed to help them finish their studies.
While interacting with around 600 Indian students at Hotel Prezydenckie in Rzeszow, Poland, Gen. VK Singh said that many of the polish people he met are willing to take up the responsibility of education of Indian students who had to leave their course due to the Russian attack on Ukraine.