How Indian men end up fighting for Russia in Ukraine

The World

After being lured into the Russian military with promises of “helper” jobs, young men from India find themselves training to fire weapons, and getting caught up in combat with no way out. Sushmita Pathak reports from New Delhi on the pipeline of mercenaries from India to war in Ukraine, as well as the conditions on the ground in India that make young men there susceptible to these offers.

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