Questioning the Narendra Modi government’s “inability” to trace and bring back 14 Indians who were forcibly pushed into fighting for the Russian Army in its war against Ukraine, the Congress on Friday (June 27, 2025) urged the government to strongly take up their case with Russia.
Addressing a press conference at the party headquarters, Punjab Congress president Amarinder Singh Raja Warring said 126 Indian citizens from Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Jammu-Kashmir and Maharashtra were trafficked into the Russian Army to fight war. At least 14 remain missing in, he added.
Kin of Indians stuck in Russia’s warzone take their fight to New Delhi
He claimed that these men were tempted by agents by promising employment in Singapore, Malaysia or Italy, but were instead sent to Russia.
Addressed a press conference at the @INCIndia headquarters in New Delhi today and raised the plight of stranded youth from across the country who have been forced to fight the Russia-Ukraine War.
