New Delhi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold a high-level meeting on the Ukraine issue Sunday evening after he returns from Uttar Pradesh

The Prime Minister was in UP for the ongoing campaigning in the assembly elections. On the campaign trail, Modi said that the government will do whatever possible to bring back all the citizens stranded in Ukraine.

Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla on Sunday said that the government of India has launched a multi-prong evacuation plan titled 'Operation Ganga' to evacuate Indian citizens stranded in Ukraine.

Earlier on Thursday, PM Modi had chaired a Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) meeting in New Delhi.
At the meeting, he had said that the topmost priority of the government is the safety and security of Indian nationals.

The India Government is bearing the cost of evacuation given the emergency situation prevailing. Indian Embassy in Kyiv as well as the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) in New Delhi issued a number of advisories prior to the situation developing, requesting Indian citizens to leave Ukraine.