Ukraine crisis: Student from Karnataka killed in shelling in Kharkiv

Naveen Shekargouda, from Karnataka's Haveri district, was killed in Ukraine's second largest city when he stepped out of his bunker to exchange currency and fetch some food, his uncle claimed

In first Indian casualty in the war in Ukraine, a student from Karnataka was killed in shelling in Kharkiv city on Tuesday morning.

External Affairs Ministry confirmed the death of the Indian in a tweet.

"With profound sorrow we confirm that an Indian student lost his life in shelling in Kharkiv this morning," it said. The ministry said it is in touch with the family of the student.

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

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

"A student Naveen Shekarappa Gyanagoudar, a native of