Indian Nationals Hired by Moscow for Russian Army in Ukraine

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An apple farmer, an airline caterer and an out-of-work graduate are among the Indian nationals hired by Moscow, with the help of recruiters around the world, for the Russian army in Ukraine.

An apple farmer, an airline caterer and an out-of-work graduate are among the Indian nationals hired by Moscow , with the help of recruiters around the world, for the Russian army in Ukraine . Two years into the war, tens of thousands of Russian soldiers have died in Ukraine , and Moscow is on a global quest for more combatants, sometimes with the assistance – complicit or oblivious – of informal intermediaries.

An Indian translator working in a military recruitment centre in Moscow told Agence France-Presse journalists in New Delhi that his facility was one of a network across Russia.He had personally overseen the enlistment of between 70 and 100 Indian citizens, he said, adding that the number of Nepali hires was significantly higher. “Only last week, 10 Indians came to my centre,” said the man, who asked for anonymity for fear of reprisals for speaking to the medi

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