Ukraine drone scares Indian students in Russia

NEARLY 250 Indian medical students of the Bashkir State Medical University in Russia are presently seeking refuge in aschool after a building next to their hostel was damaged in a drone attack by Ukraine on Saturday morning.

- S LALITHA @New Delhi

The students were in panic as the under-construction residential complex subjected to the attack is only 150 metres from their hostel, located on Zaton Street.

Over 1,500 students are pursuing the six-year MBBS degree in this university, located in the city of Ufa in the Republic of Bashkortostan. The students reside in the multi-storied hostel blocks. The cheaper course fee as compared to India makes Russia a hot destination for doctor aspirants with nearly 10,000 students enrolled in medical colleges across the country with most of them from north India and a good number from Karnataka.