Indians hired to fight Russia's Ukraine war - 28 Feb 2024

A father of Azad Yousuf Kumar, holds a smart phone displaying the photos of Azad Yousuf Kumar, wearing military uniform, at Pulwama village. Two Kashmiri men Azad Yousuf Kumar 31-years old, and Zahoor Ahmad Sheikh 30-years old, who were lured to Dubai on the promise of jobs and then deceitfully dispatched to Russia by fraudulent recruitment agencies and ordered to fight as mercenaries for Russia on the border with Ukraine. A Kashmiri family learned that their son, Azad Yousuf Kumar, 31- years old, had been injured in the Russia-Ukraine conflict. The family said the 31-years old was forced to fight in the war on frontline and urged the Indian government to intervene to help them get their son back. At least a dozen of Indian nationals duped by the agents into fighting for Russian forces in the country's war with Ukraine. According to the Indian publication 'The Hindu', one Indian national was killed in a missile strike last week. The anguished families of the trapped men have now petitioned the federal government to return them home.