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Indian officials connected Tuesday said they were seeking much details astir an Indian nationalist who appeared connected camera claiming helium had been detained by Ukrainian authorities portion warring for the Russian army.
The 22-year-old, identified arsenic Majoti Sahil Mohammed from Gujarat, was named aft the video carrying his connection went viral online. India has repeatedly raised with Moscow the contented of its nationals serving successful the Russian service and urged their repatriation, but this is the archetypal lawsuit of an Indian warring connected the Russian broadside being captured by Ukraine and made to confess connected video.
“The Indian Mission successful Kyiv is ascertaining the veracity of the report. It has not yet received immoderate ceremonial connection from the Ukrainian broadside successful this regard,” said an authoritative root connected the Indian national reportedly captured by Ukrainian forces.
The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has been cautioning against unscrupulous migration agencies that lure young professionals overseas with fake occupation offers. Since the escalation of the warfare successful Ukraine, The Hindu has reported connected however young men from crossed India were duped with specified offers successful Russia and ended up astatine the battlefront.
The substance figured successful authoritative discussions astir precocious erstwhile External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar visited Russia from August 19-21, 2025, to co-chair the 26th Session of the IRIGC-TEC (India-Russia Inter-Governmental Commission connected Trade, Economic, Scientific, Technological and Cultural Cooperation) with Russia’s First Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov. He besides met Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. The MEA said Mr. Jaishankar sought “expeditious resolution” of the “pending cases” involving Indian men serving successful the Russian Army.
On September 26, MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said that 27 Indian nationals were serving successful the Russian army. “We are besides successful adjacent interaction with their household members successful this matter,” Mr. Jaiswal said.
Earlier, connected July 24, the MEA informed the Rajya Sabha that 127 Indian nationals were successful the Russian subject forces, of which the services of 98 had been discontinued arsenic a effect of sustained engagement betwixt the Indian and Russian governments, including astatine the highest levels. The MEA had added that astatine slightest 12 Indian men were reported missing by the Russian side.
Indian men who had made video appeals from the struggle portion earlier claimed that respective of their colleagues had perished successful battle, though these assertions were not accompanied by carnal evidence.
