Harjot Singh was shot at while trying to leave Kyiv for Lviv last month.
Harjot Singh, the Indian student who was shot at in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, met Union Minister General VK Singh at an airport in Poland from where he will be flown to India in a special aircraft as part of the government's evacuation programme "Operation Ganga".
General Singh was seen talking to the 31-year-old student, who was on a stretcher, at the airport in Rzeszow.
"Let me assure the country that he is in good hands. The worst is behind him. I look forward to seeing him reunited with his family. Hope he recuperates well and fast," the Minister wrote on Koo, the homegrown microblogging website Koo.
Harjot Singh's flight is expected to land at Hindon Air Base near Delhi at 7 pm. He is among the 200 stranded Indians being brought back from Poland, one of the countries that share a border with Ukraine.
"Harjot Singh has crossed the border and entered Poland. Indian diplomats present with him. He has been shifted into an ambulance provided by Polish RedCross on the border," Puneet Singh Chandhok, president, Indian World Forum, was quoted as saying by news agency ANI.
General VK Singh, who oversaw the evacuation operations in Poland, is also expected to take the flight.
The minister, who was one of the four ministers sent as special envoys to Ukraine's neighbouring countries, had informed about Harjot Singh's arrival with a tweet on Sunday.
"Harjot Singh is the Indian who was shot during the war in Kyiv. His passport was also lost in the chaos. Glad to inform that Harjot is reaching India with us tomorrow. Hope there is a speedy recovery with home food and care," the minister's tweet read.
Harjot singh, 31, was shot at while trying to leave Kyiv for Lviv last month. He was hit multiple times and his leg was fractured. "The bullet entered from my shoulder. They took out a bullet from my chest... my leg was fractured," Harjot Singh told NDTV from the Kyiv City Hospital.
Speaking to ANI, he had also claimed that he had received no help from the Indian embassy. "No support from the Indian embassy yet. I have been trying to get in touch with them, every day they say we will do something but no help yet," he was quoted as saying by ANI.
India started its "last leg" of evacuation mission Operation Ganga on Sunday and asked students still stranded and living on in their own accommodation, to reach the Hungarian capital Budapest.
"Important Announcement: Embassy of India begins its last leg of Operation Ganga flights today. All those students staying in their OWN accommodation ( other than arranged by Embassy) are requested to reach @Hungariacitycentre , Rakoczi Ut 90, Budapest between 10 am-12 pm," it said.
Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri has also returned with the last batch of our 6711 students from Budapest.
Delighted to reach Delhi with the last batch of our 6711 students from Budapest. There is joy, enthusiasm & relief as youngsters reach home & will soon be with their parents & families.
- Hardeep Singh Puri (@HardeepSPuri) March 7, 2022
Deeply privileged to be of help. #OperationGanga @PMOIndia @MEAIndia @IndiaInHungary pic.twitter.com/hqUngUaOCj
The government on Sunday said that India has so far evacuated nearly 16,000 Indian students from Ukraine through flights from eastern European countries since February 22.
Today, 1,500 more are expected be back on seven special flights.
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