The Indian government has commenced the evacuation of some of its citizens trapped in Ukraine, amid the Russian military offensive in the country. 

250 of them flew from the Romanian capital Bucharest on Saturday night and landed in Delhi Airport on Sunday.

Another evacuation flight, AI1944, brought back 219 people from Bucharest to Mumbai in the evening.

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Air India’s third evacuation flight, AI1940, which will depart from Hungarian capital Budapest, is also scheduled to return with evacuees to Delhi today.

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