India has issued an emergency warning to urge the last remaining citizens and students to quickly leave Ukraine due to escalating military tension along the eastern border with Russia.

Issuing a fresh advisory Indian Embassy in Ukraine’s Kyiv on Sunday urged Indian nationals and students to temporarily leave the country as tensions escalate.

“In view of continued tensions in Ukraine, all Indian nationals whose stay is not deemed essential and all Indian students are advised to leave Ukraine temporarily. Indian students are advised to also get in touch with respective student contractors for updates on charter flights,” the advisory read.

While Western officials in Munich continue to raise the alarm about Russia’s intentions towards Ukraine, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said there is a need to panic.

The Kremlin also insists it has no plans to attack, but Moscow has done little to reduce tensions, with state media accusing Kyiv of plotting an assault on rebel-held, pro-Russia enclaves in eastern Ukraine in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions.

Meanwhile, UK PM Boris Johnson has accused Russia of preparing to plunge Europe into its worst conflict since World War II.

Warning that any invasion of Ukraine would freeze Moscow out of global finance, Boris said that Russian invasion plans would see its troops not just enter Ukraine from the rebel-held east, but from Belarus to the north and encircle the capital Kyiv.

The G7 Foreign Ministers have also expressed their grave concern about Russia’s “threatening” military build-up around Ukraine, in ‘illegally annexed’ Crimea and in Belarus and warned Moscow of ‘massive consequences” upon any further aggression against Ukraine.

G7 countries include Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States of America along with the High Representative of the European Union.