A 23-year-old man from Gujarat who was hired as a security helper by the Russian Army has been killed in a Ukrainian air strike on February 21 in the Donetsk region on the Russia-Ukraine border, another Indian worker who escaped the attack told The Hindu.
The man, identified as Hemil Ashvinbhai Mangukiya, a resident of Surat district, had gone to Russia in December 2023 and was subsequently attached with the Russian Army. An agent had written to the Indian consulate on behalf of his father earlier this month asking for help in bringing him back home, and several other Indians on contract with Russian forces also told The Hindu they have sought the India Embassy’s support.
Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) officials said that they had not been informed about this particular incident.
