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Three days aft six Ukrainian nationals and a U.S. national were produced successful tribunal by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) for moving with taste equipped organisations wrong Myanmar’s Chin State bordering Mizoram, officials present confirmed that they person received a petition for “consular access” for the Ukrainian nationals from the Embassy of Ukraine. Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said connected Thursday (March 19, 2026) that the six Ukrainians and an American were recovered to beryllium “wanting” of the required permits for visiting Mizoram.
“Relevant agencies of the Government of India are investigating the lawsuit presently. Yes. We person received consular entree petition and this volition beryllium addressed keeping successful caput the ineligible requirements that are progressive successful this peculiar case,” said Mr. Jaiswal. The authoritative remarks from the Indian broadside came soon aft the Embassy of Ukraine expressed “serious concern” implicit the apprehension raising questions implicit the reports that the arrests were “prompted by accusation provided by the Russian side”. “Ukraine firmly rejects immoderate insinuations regarding the imaginable engagement of the Ukrainian authorities successful supporting violent activities,” said the Embassy of Ukraine successful a connection underscoring the request for “verified facts, transparent procedures, and afloat intergovernmental cooperation.”
The Hindu had reported that the U.S. nationalist picked up by the NIA on with the Ukrainians connected the complaint of illegally crossing implicit to Myanmar via Mizoram to bid taste equipped organisations successful weapons handling and drone warfare methods was nether reflection for the past respective months.
The accused persons person been identified arsenic U.S. nationalist Mathew Aaron Van Dyke; and Hurba Petro, Slyviak Taras, Ivan Sukmanovskyi, Stefankiv Marian, Honcharuk Maksim, and Kaminskyi Victor from Ukraine. The NIA is probing the integer footprints of the individuals and trying to find retired if the radical included different members arsenic well. Three of the six Ukrainians named by the NIA were picked up astatine the Indira Gandhi International Airport successful Delhi, the different 3 were held astatine the Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport successful Lucknow connected March 13 and Mr. Vand Dyke was picked up connected the aforesaid nighttime astatine the Kolkata airport.
‘Restricted areas’
Mr. Jaiswal affirmed that determination are “restricted and protected areas successful India” that necessitate “permission to travel”. “I recognize that they whitethorn beryllium wanting of definite documents for travelling to that portion of India,” the MEA spokesperson said, explaining that the arrested individuals did not person the Protected Area Permit that was necessary.
Earlier, a U.S. Embassy spokesperson had said that the U.S. was “aware of the situation”, declining to uncover much arsenic it progressive privateness concerns of a U.S. citizen. Officials further said that “due process of instrumentality volition beryllium followed” regarding the case.
Myanmar has dozens of taste equipped organisations progressive successful absorption against the subject junta that conscionable organised an predetermination during December 2025-January 2026. However, the predetermination was not accepted by the equipped groups which are claiming greater governmental and civilian rights. Several equipped groups are progressive successful the Chin State that borders India’s Mizoram that the arrested individuals had visited.
