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India connected Friday (November 7, 2025) said that the fig of Indian nationals serving successful the Russian Army has accrued to 44 successful presumption of recruitment successful caller months.
The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said it has taken up the substance with Moscow and urged them to halt recruiting Indians into the Russian military.
"In the past fewer months, we person been informed of respective Indian nationals who person been recruited successful the Russian army," External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said.
"As per our understanding, determination are 44 Indian nationals presently serving successful the Russian Army," helium said astatine his play media briefing.
Indian officials successful September had said determination were 27 Indians serving successful the Russian Army.
Mr. Jaiswal said India has taken up the substance with Russian authorities and urged them to merchandise the Indians astatine the "earliest and besides to enactment an extremity to this practice".
"We are successful interaction with the Russian side. We are besides successful interaction with the families of these radical and giving them an update connected the matter," helium said.
There person been reports that immoderate Indians connected pupil and concern visas were forced into joining Russian subject units deployed connected the frontlines of the warfare successful Ukraine.
India has been repeatedly asking Russia to merchandise each Indians serving arsenic enactment staff, specified arsenic cooks and helpers, with Russian subject units.
The contented was raised by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his sojourn to Russia past twelvemonth arsenic well.
Mr. Jaiswal called upon Indians to enactment distant from offers being made to service successful the Russian Army arsenic they are "fraught with information to life".
"We person said this truthful galore times. In spite of our repeated reminders, radical proceed to enlist. If idiosyncratic wants to bash it, we cannot halt him but we proceed to property that you indispensable beryllium alert of the dangers that are determination erstwhile you motion up for these jobs," Mr. Jaiswal said.
According to authoritative data, the fig of Indians recruited by the Russian subject is present adjacent to 170. While 96 were discharged by Russian authorities, different 16 person been listed arsenic missing.
At slightest 12 Indians were killed portion warring connected the frontlines of the struggle successful Ukraine.
