“We were caught and locked up in a room for over three days by the Russian army. They later forced us to sign a contract to work as helpers, drivers and cooks. The contract was in their language but we were threatened that we will be put in jail if we failed to sign. It was only later we understood we were tricked into the war,” he added. “We were given some training and taken to war bases in Ukraine. Few of our friends were taken to the frontline. We will soon be taken to frontlines. We cannot even hold the guns properly. We don’t want to fight wars. We want to come back,” they said. Many more Indians from Punjab, Haryana, Kashmir, Karnataka, Gujarat and Telangana have been fraudulently taken to fight wars against Ukraine in promise of better jobs of more money. This comes hours after a man from Hyderabad allegedly working from the Wagner Army died in Russia Ukraine war. On February 21, a 23-year-old Gujarati was killed by a drone attack on the Russia-Ukraine bordering Donetsk. Meanwhile, the Ministry of External Affairs said on February 29 that around 20 Indians are “stuck” with the Russian army and efforts were underway to facilitate their discharge
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