An Indian national from the small southern Indian state of Kerala has been killed and another severely injured while fighting on the Russian side against the Ukrainian forces in Ukraine, India’s Ministry of External Affairs reports, according to The Economic Times.
The Ministry’s spokesperson confirmed that an Indian citizen, identified as Binil Babu, 32, was killed in a drone attack, and another Indian national from the same state was injured in the same incident and is currently receiving treatment in a Moscow hospital. India’s embassy in Moscow is coordinating with both families and providing assistance.
The Ministry says it has “strongly taken up” the matter with Russian authorities, demanding early release of all Indians recruited by the Russian army. Officials are working to arrange transportation of Babu’s remains to India while seeking “early discharge and repatriation” of the injured individual.
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