The Indian Air Force's military transport aircraft - the C-17 Globemaster - left for Romania at 4 am Wednesday to bring Indians from Ukraine under the Centre's mammoth rescue programme Operation Ganga. The aircraft took off from its home base - the Hindan Air Force Station - near Delhi.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi had earlier today pressed the Indian Air Force into service to evacuate Indian nationals stranded in the war-torn country.
The IAF aircraft will also help deliver humanitarian aid more efficiently to Ukraine, which is reeling under a shortage of food, fuel, medical supplies and other essential items amid the Russian invasion.
