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New Delhi: In a baffling and serious incident, at least 15 Indian nationals have been caught in the battlefield in Ukraine, and are forced to serve for the Russian forces, according to a report by The Hindu.
According to the report, those Indians visited Moscow in the last six months on a student or visitor visa. An agent hired them for construction-related work, but now they found themselves in a war zone. Two men stuck in Ukraine's Selydove told The Hindu about the incident. Notably, in November 2024, Russia claimed Selydove, a key town in the Donetsk region.
Sumit Sharma, a 22-year-old resident of Jammu, told the media outlet that he arrived in Russia around six months ago to do a language course at the Moscow State Linguistic University (MSLU). A woman contacted him, assuring Sharma of construction work. Instead, he has been enlisted in the Russian Army without any training, and Sharma is not being allowed to leave.
He said 15 Indians are stuck in the war zones and at least four are missing. He has called the Indian Embassy in Moscow and is yet to receive any help. Sharma added that he was unaware of the advisories issued by the Indian government to avoid becoming victims of such jobs.
Gursevak Singh, a 26-year-old resident of Punjab's Gurdaspur, went to Russia on a student visa. He has released a video in which he said in Punjabi, “Seven of us have been kept in a building in Ukraine. They are saying they will send me to the forward location tomorrow. A resident of Rajasthan who had come with us and was sent to a forward post has not been reachable for the past four days. He shot a video saying this could be his last and was pleading for help. I do not want to meet the same fate."
The Russian Embassy said on August 10, 2024, that Indians were no longer admitted into its Army and it was closely working with Indian authorities to help discharge Indians recruited for the war in Ukraine.
