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Russia has advised India that 16 Indians, who have been serving within the Russian navy, are lacking, the Ministry of Exterior Affairs (MEA) mentioned on Friday. The MEA additionally mentioned that 12 Indians working with the Russian navy have died thus far.
“There have been 126 instances (of Indian nationals serving within the Russian Military). Of those 126 instances, 96 individuals have returned to India and have been discharged from the Russian armed forces,” MEA’s official spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal mentioned.
“Eighteen Indian nationals within the Russian Military stay and out of them, the whereabouts of 16 people will not be identified,” he mentioned, including,
“The Russian aspect has categorised them as lacking… We’re searching for an early launch and repatriation of those that stay.”
This comes days after the federal government mentioned it’s working with Moscow for the swift return of the physique of a citizen who was killed combating for Russia within the Ukraine struggle in addition to the early repatriation of one other who suffered accidents.
The federal government mentioned it has sought the early discharge of the remaining Indian nationals serving within the Russian Military, a difficulty it has raised earlier as effectively.
The Indian Specific had reported Monday {that a} 32-year-old man Binil T B, a resident of Wadakkanchery in Kerala’s Thrissur district, was killed on the frontlines whereas his relative Jain T Ok, 27, who hails from the identical area, sustained critical accidents. A couple of days in the past, Binil’s household had obtained a message that the 2 have been injured in a drone assault, however couldn’t set up contact.
On Tuesday, Jaiswal had mentioned: “We’ve got learnt of the unlucky demise of an Indian nationwide from Kerala who had apparently been recruited to serve within the Russian Military. One other Indian nationwide from Kerala, who was equally recruited, has been injured and is receiving remedy in a hospital in Moscow.”
He mentioned: “We provide our deepest condolences to the household of the deceased. Our Embassy in Moscow is in contact with the households, and all doable help is being rendered. We’re working with the Russian authorities for early transportation of the mortal stays to India.
We’ve got additionally sought the early discharge and repatriation to India of the injured individual.” Jaiswal mentioned the matter has been “strongly taken up” with authorities in Moscow in addition to the Russian Embassy in New Delhi. “We’ve got additionally reiterated our demand for the early discharge of the remaining Indian nationals,” he mentioned.
PM Narendra Modi had raised the problem with Russian President Vladimir Putin in October final yr, once they met in Kazan on the sidelines of the BRICS summit.
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