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India has expressed serious concern over recent news regarding the recruitment of Indian citizens in the Russian Army. Foreign Ministry spokesman Randhir Jaiswal said in response to media questions on Thursday (September 11, 2025) that the Government of India has underlined the risks and dangers associated with such recruitment several times in the last one year and advised Indian citizens to be careful about it.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Randhir Jaiswal said, “We have recently received reports of Indian citizens being admitted to the Russian Army. We have raised the issue with Russian officials in Delhi and Moscow, demanding to end this practice and release our citizens.”
‘Indians fraudulently sent to Russia-Ukraine war zone’
He also informed that the ministry is in touch with the families of the affected Indian citizens. The spokesperson made a strong appeal to Indian citizens to stay away from any proposal to join the Russian Army and termed it a ‘step full of dangers’. The statement came after the recent reports, which claimed that some Indian citizens were fraudulently sent to the Russia-Ukraine war zone.
Russia went on visitor visa
A major newspaper claimed that two Indian men in the Donnetsk region of Eastern Ukraine were brought to Russia on the pretext of construction, but were deployed on the war front. Talking on the phone to the city of Celidov, who was occupied by Russia in November 2024, he claimed that at least 13 other Indians were also trapped in similar circumstances.
According to the report, both of these Indians had gone to Russia on a student or visitor visa in the last 6 months. He alleged that an agent had promised him employment in the construction sector, but he was fraudulently sent him to the war area.
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