Living conditions have become challenging, with students often feeling ostracized and encountering difficulties in daily life. Their plea for transfer to other universities in different countries remains unfulfilled while they live in constant fear. Their situation highlights the multifaceted challenges they face amid a complex geopolitical landscape and a nation gripped by conflict.

The challenges for Indian students pursuing medical degrees in war-torn Ukraine show no signs of abating, as they grapple with increasing hostility from sections of the local population, who perceive India as supporting Russia in the ongoing conflict. The situation has escalated since Ukraine initiated its recent offensive operations in June.

Also

Foreign students fleeing Ukraine say they face segregation, racism at border - CNN

More African students decry racism at Ukrainian borders. As at least half a million refugees flee Ukraine, more reports of mistreatment by Ukrainian border guards surface. - Al Jazeera

‘Open the door or we die’: Africans report racism and hostility trying to flee Ukraine - NBC

  • dandi8@kbin.social
    9520·
    10 months ago

    FYI: OP is a tankie who just spams any news he can find to discourage people from supporting Ukraine in the war.

      • dandi8@kbin.social
        2716·
        10 months ago

        Yes, this is what you should take away from my comment. Congratulations, you’re the smartest man alive.

        /s

        • Black_Gulaman@lemmy.dbzer0.com
          2912·
          10 months ago

          The point is OP did not write or invent the articles linked. So it doesn’t matter who OP is, whether a tankie or not, we could go straight to the news article and ignore the tankie. You just belittled the racism happening to Indian citizens just because the bearer of the news is opposed to your political belief.

          • dandi8@kbin.social
            2110·
            10 months ago

            Knowing that OP is skewing the narrative by flooding the space with articles supporting one narrative is important and cannot be ignored.

            Some contexts go further than the immediate article and no one is asking anyone to ignore what’s written in the article. Rather, what is asked is to be aware that many articles today were posted to support a certain narrative.

            Some people today might end their day thinking ‘boy, Ukraine has been doing a lot of bad things lately’, when the bad things were specifically cherry-picked for their feed.

            Indian people and their plight are being used for OP’s own agenda and pointing this out does not discredit anything that might be happening to them, nor does it mean that it’s not important, as was being suggested.

            • Black_Gulaman@lemmy.dbzer0.com
              134·
              10 months ago

              Usually what we do is post counter articles, or articles that widen the picture see everybody sees the whole. Not attack the character of the person.

              So why don’t you inform us by using similar articles, that way we can judge on our own if OPs words are noteworthy or trash.

              • dandi8@kbin.social
                59·
                10 months ago

                That’s not at all “what we usually do”. Most people don’t have time to cherry pick articles and post them to “widen the picture”, nor should they.

                Context is important and so is being aware of bad actors trying to alter public perception.

                You’re trying to skew this into something that’s wrong, but it’s not.

          • dandi8@kbin.social
            98·
            10 months ago

            Let me know when you can identify where the simping and virtue signaling happened.

      • dandi8@kbin.social
        177·
        10 months ago

        Some things need more context than a single article. In this case, the context is several articles being posted by a person with an agenda. This knowledge may change some people’s perception of the article.

          • dandi8@kbin.social
            114·
            10 months ago

            I counted at least 9 specifically about Ukraine in just the last 3 days, not counting cross-posts.

              • dandi8@kbin.social
                113·
                10 months ago

                … And improve your reading comprehension. I don’t feel like repeating myself.

                • slice1@lemmy.ml
                  512·
                  10 months ago

                  Maybe stop attacking persons just because you lack any arguments. You don’t seem very patient - maybe take a break?

      • dandi8@kbin.social
        77·
        10 months ago

        And this was claimed where, exactly…?

        Although the article is mostly about how the indian students (of which only 3.5k are currently in Ukraine, per the article) are afraid of bombing and complaining that they can’t be transferred to another country, with about a paragraph about (admittedly not good) animosity from Ukrainians.

      • dandi8@kbin.social
        297·
        10 months ago

        The argument of deliberately misunderstanding the context and meaning of a comment is indefensible…?
        Or do you mean to suggest that we should completely ignore when someone is cherry-picking news to fit an agenda and spread anti-Ukraine sentiment?

        Because I’d have no problem with this news article being posted, if this same person didn’t post several other very specific articles today.

      • bh11235@infosec.pub
        176·
        10 months ago

        The intellectual obsession with logical fallacies was a mistake, and you are a living proof why. People are not perfectly objective robots with infinite capacity for information processing, attention and critical thought. Caring about bad actors, and taking everything they post in the context of them being bad actors, is not an intellectual deficiency. It is a precondition for sanity.

  • Amilo159@lemmy.world
    6924·
    11 months ago

    It’s sad that innocent students are being targeted, but let’s not forget that India is the major trade partner for Russia, enabling them to bypass sanctions and continue their war.

    • rippersnapper@lemm.ee
      206·
      11 months ago

      Kind of missing the point. The current embargo means Russia sells its oil for a lot cheaper to India, which then refines and resells it to the west. This allows for enough oil supply to not push prices too high for everyone and Russia is the only one losing. Sure India doesn’t enforce sanctions, but they aren’t exactly cozying up like the Chinese.

    • loathesome dongeater@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
      2312·
      10 months ago

      As awful as your attempt is at justifying racism, Indians were being discriminated against during the initial evacuation right when the war began and allegiances had not been solidified.

      • Scribbd@feddit.nl
        115·
        10 months ago

        You are in a sad state when you think whatever Russia is doing deserves neutral partnerships.

          • Scribbd@feddit.nl
            25·
            10 months ago

            Your mom is in a sad state if she allowed you to think true neutrality can exist through actions, like trading with Russia. Only inaction is allowed to deserve a monicker like neutrality, but that doesn’t make one free of judgement from those who have suffered under the apathy of neutrality.

    • Trudge [Comrade]@lemmygrad.ml
      922·
      11 months ago

      Exactly. If those students want to stop being targeted, they should stop their government instead of blaming Ukraine for the violence. In a sense, they are the real perpetrators and Ukrainian “racism” is nothing more than self-defense.

      • Durotar@lemmy.ml
        223·
        11 months ago

        If those students want to stop being targeted, they should stop their government

        How many governments did you stop, cowboy?

      • keeb420@kbin.social
        172·
        11 months ago

        Those students can’t change their government. I don’t blame Ukrainians for being upset at India as a country for having Russia as a trade partner, I do for taking it out on these students. If I were to assault a Russian student here in America because of what the Russian government is doing it’d be equally as wrong.

      • IWantToFuckSpez@kbin.social
        83·
        11 months ago

        Yes a bunch of students are the real perpetrators. They definitely hold all the power to stop their government while they are thousands of kilometers from home.

  • Silverseren@kbin.social
    249·
    10 months ago

    There’s no “perceive”. India IS supporting Russia and its dictatorial actions. And Modi doesn’t care at all about Indians in Ukraine or anywhere abroad and is doing nothing to help them leave a warzone.

    Also, hi tankie trash OP!

    • CryptoRoberto@sh.itjust.works
      21·
      10 months ago

      I assumed this before I even opened this shit. It’s funny how it’s the same small group just spamming group of blatant pro China/Russia crap. Saw one the other day that every post or comment was pro Russia or calling anyone anti Russia/pro NATO a Nazi.

  • 4vr@lemmy.ca
    43·
    10 months ago

    Indian military has much to lose because of buying weapons from Russia for decades. It’s going to be hard for India to cut relationship with Russia too soon.

  • ShittyRedditWasBetter@lemmy.world
    620·
    10 months ago

    🤷‍♂️ I get it. Maybe those individuals are being unfairly targeted but the country as a whole continues to be happy to continue to buy cheap gas and show no signs of being a viable ally to the West.