The first batch of evacuees from Ukraine have reached Romania via Suceava border crossing, MEA spokesperson Arindam Bagchi informed via Twitter on Friday.
"Our team at Suceava will now facilitate travel to Bucharest for their onward journey to India," he said.
The first batch of Indian students left Chernivtsi for the Ukraine-Romania border on Friday morning amid fall of Ukrainian cities as Russian military has entered Ukrainian capital Kyiv.
MEA Camp Offices are now operational in Lviv and Chernivtsi towns in western Ukraine and additional Russian speaking officials are being sent to these Camp Offices.
The Indian embassy in Ukraine has issued a new advisory to Indian nationals, especially students, stuck there, saying that arrangements are being made to evacuate them.
Asking them to remain “strong, safe and alert”, the embassy has urged students living closest to border checkpoints -- CHOP-ZAHONY, Hungarian border near Uzhhorod, PORUBNE-SIRET Romanian border near Chernivtsi -- to depart first in an organised manner.
Students have been advised to remain in touch with student contractors, for orderly movement.
The advisory has asked its citizens to carry essential items along with them, including passport, cash, and COVID-19 double vaccination certificate
"Carry passport, cash preferably in USD for any emergency expenses, and other essentials. COVID-19 double vaccination certificate, if available," the advisory states.
"Print out Indian flag and paste prominently on vehicles and buses while travelling," the advisory further stated.
Notably, Air India is planning to operate two flights to Romanian capital Bucharest on Friday to evacuate Indians stranded in Ukraine due to a Russian military offensive, senior government officials said.
The Ukrainian airspace was closed for civil aircraft operations by the country's authorities on Thursday morning and therefore, the evacuation flights are operating out of Bucharest.
