Dehradun, March 3 : Out of 282 people from Uttarakhand, who were stuck in war-torn Ukraine and its surrounding countries, so far a total of 77 people have safely returned home to India, officials said here on Thursday. State Deputy Director of Information Ravi Bijarania said that a total of 77 persons had so far returned back to India safely till Thursday afternoon. These people managed to return through the air services, specially started by the Government of India to evacuate the Indian citizens from Ukraine and other surrounding countries. The returnees, who belong to different districts of the state, arrived between Wednesday midnight till Thursday afternoon, he added. ACL RJ