Indians rue leaving Ukrainian friends behind

"India is our home, Ukraine is our heart." Indians returning home hope the war spares their Ukrainian friends.

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00:00All I could say to them at last was, take care, that was all I could do.

00:12Obviously last few days were very hectic, like we had to cross the Romanian border,

00:16like Ukrainian-Romanian border and it was really difficult for us to cross that border.

00:31If it was my home, I would have not let anyone invade my house.

00:35So the same, I guess, Ukraine is doing.

00:38It's defending and it's not giving up its hands and it's fighting for its land.

00:43I heard the bombing. I even saw the bombing through my house.

00:59Because it was 7 o'clock in the morning and I saw flames coming out from the one end of the city

01:05and the whole sky was turned black because of the smoke.

01:09We had to walk 10 to 12 kilometers just to reach the border.

01:14The Nigerians were scared, the Indians were scared.

01:17People weren't allowed to cross the border. It was a very bad scenario.

01:27Yes, I have many Ukrainian friends left there and I'm really sad for them and I'm really worried.

01:31All I could say to them at last was, take care, that was all I could do.

01:36And it is a rule, like President Zelensky said, that the students or the men who are from 18 to 60 category,

01:45they're not allowed to leave. They will have to fight.

01:48So I'm really worried about them, yes.

01:50And my last words were, take care. I don't know if I'll be able to meet them again or not.

01:55Sure, we'll have to return to Ukraine. It's like our second home.

01:59It feels like our second home.

02:01I'm from India, but Ukraine is our heart. Yes, it has a lot of love.