On March 1, a Russian military convoy was advancing on Kyiv, while Russian missile strikes continued in Kharkiv, another major city.
On the same day, a group of 73 foreigners, including Junaid, planned to leave Kyiv, which "did not end our happiness." Fantasia was to be reached and the city is about four hours from the capital by bus and train.
All of them happily packed their bags and were ready to board the buses early in the morning when suddenly the drivers of both the buses refused to leave saying, "The situation has deteriorated so they can't go." You guys go by train. '
He said the refusal of buses had "turned our happiness into despair once again as there was a huge rush on trains" which was one of the main reasons why Ukrainian citizens had to flee to European countries in large numbers. Were
Junaid said that when he arrived at the Kyiv railway station to go to Ventisia City, "there was a huge crowd of people there."
"Upon our arrival, the train that was ready to leave was so crowded that we 73 foreigners decided to wait for the second train and so on. I was able to leave.
He eventually managed to reach the city where accommodation and meals had been arranged for him at night at the medical university there.
After spending the night, they left for the Hungarian border at 11:30 in the morning and reached the Hungarian border at 2:30 in the night.
"Due to the efforts of embassies of other countries, we did not face any difficulty in entering Hungary and as soon as we reached Hungary, we all breathed a sigh of relief as we were out of the atmosphere of fear," he said. 'Diplomatic staff from all countries except Pakistan were present'
Junaid said his group included two Pakistanis and all Indians. "There were a total of seven Pakistani students at Kyu Medical University. Most of the remaining foreigners were from Nigeria, India, and Bangladesh."
"When we arrived at the Hungarian border, there was diplomatic staff from all countries except our country to help our students."
According to him, due to the efforts of diplomats from other countries, Hungary had arranged for the two free buses as well as food. These buses took them to a railway station where the train was ready to depart.
"We arrived in Budapest by train from the Hungarian border and before we got there we told the Pakistani embassy staff about our departure and we were told to pick you up there," he said. The diplomatic staff will come.
"(But) when we crossed the gate of the railway station there, no one from the embassy had reached there by that time but we had to wait outside the station for fifteen minutes for the arrival of the diplomatic staff member."
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