2024-07-12 15:53:15
Russia has pledged to release dozens of Indians who were deceitfully recruited to fight in the Russian army in Ukraine can return home “as soon as possible,” the secretary of state announced. External relationships indio.
“Prime Minister (Modi) strongly raised the issue of the speedy release of citizens Indians deceitfully recruited by the Russian army“and the Russian side promised a release as soon as possible,” he said. Vanay Kwatraon the sidelines of a meeting in Moscow between the Russian president Vladimir Putin and the Indian Prime Minister Narendra-Modi.
Kwatra said he did not have precise figures on the number of Indian nationals recruited under false pretenses, but authorities estimate that they are “between 35 and 50“The Russian army also recruited citizens of Sri Lanka y Nepal.
“Ten have already been able to return to India”, He added: “There was an impression of promise from the Russian side that both systems will work on this and see exactly how and in what time frame we can bring them back to the country.”
In recent months, several citizens have indicated to AFP having been recruited into the Russian armed forces with the assurance that they will not go to Ukraine and will only work in “support tasks.”
However, they were trained in the Weapons handling and then deployed to the front in Ukraine, where Moscow launched an offensive in February 2022.
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