Hemil Ashvinbhai Mangukiya, a 23-year-old Indian national, died on February 21 following a Ukrainian missile attack in the Donetsk region. He was recruited via the internet, then enlisted as Russian “army support” in mid-December.
According to Indian sources, dozens of citizens of their country have followed a path similar to that of Hemil, thus joining the front in Ukraine. A translator from India, who works at a military recruitment center in Moscow, said he had supervised the enlistment of “70 to 100” Indians.