Indian Student Killed In Shelling In Ukraine's Kharkiv City, Says MEA

An Indian student was killed in shelling in Kharkiv city of war-hit Ukraine on Tuesday (1 March) morning, the Ministry of External Affairs said.

'With profound sorrow we confirm that an Indian student lost his life in shelling in Kharkiv this morning,' it tweeted.

'We convey our deepest condolences to the family,' it said.

The student was a native of Chalageri in Karnataka's Haveri district, a state government official said.

'A student Naveen Shekarappa Gyanagoudar, a native of Chalageri in Haveri district, died in the shelling,' the Karnataka State Disaster Management Authority commissioner Dr Manoj Rajan told PTI.

"Similar action is also being undertaken by our Ambassadors in Russia and Ukraine," the ministry said.

(With inputs from PTI)