<span style="color: #222222;">Civil Aviation Ministry today said nearly 7 thousand Indians have returned from Ukraine through special civilian flights as well as Indian Air Force flights.<br />''<br />'' Over 6200 people were brought back by civilian airlines which includes 2185 persons coming today through 10 special civilian flights. Today's flights included 5 from Bucharest, 2 from Budapest, one from Kosice, and two from Rzeszow by civilian airlines. In addition, three Indian Air Force flights are bringing more Indians today. Four IAF flights brought back 798 Indian nationals between midnight of 2nd March and early morning of 3rd March.<br />''<br />''The number of civilian flights is being scaled up further, and more than 7 thousand 400 persons are expected to be brought through special flights in next two days. Around 3500 persons are expected to be brought back tomorrow and over 3900 on 5th March.<br />''<br />''India has mounted a massive rescue operation named 'Operation Ganga' to bring back Indian citizens stranded in Ukraine. Ministry of External Affairs, in close coordination with Ministry of Civil Aviation, is making all efforts to bring the Indian students back to India in fast pace. <br />''<br />''Four Union Ministers – Hardeep Singh Puri, Jyotiraditya Scindia, Kiren Rijiju and Gen (Retd) VK Singh have gone to countries adjoining Ukraine to support and supervise these operations.</span>