India urges Russia to repatriate Indians in Russian Army

Indian authorities had learnt of a total of 126 Indians serving with the Russian military and 96 of them had been discharged so far by Russian authorities, external affairs ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal told a regular media briefing in response to several questions.

The death toll given on Friday was higher than the number of deaths acknowledged so far by Indian officials. Till last year, officials had confirmed nine deaths and the external affairs ministry said on Tuesday that a resident of Kerala was recently killed while serving with the Russian Army. There were no reports of Indians listed as missing so far.

“Twelve Indian nationals have died in the conflict, who were serving in the Russian Army,” Jaiswal said.