Posted on 03/17/2024 7:51:34 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
When Hemil Mangukiya left his small village in the Indian state of Gujarat last December, he told his family he was off to Russia to make a better living than was possible at home in India.
Lured by a recruitment video he had seen on YouTube, the 23-year-old had thought he was going for a secure security job far from the war in Ukraine. But in strained phone calls home from Russia, he told his family he was instead sent to a month-long military training camp and then taken to the frontlines, where he was made to dig trenches, carry ammunition and operate rifles and machine guns. Then, in late February, his calls abruptly stopped.
The call that came days later shattered his father’s heart: Mangukiya had died in a missile strike somewhere in Ukraine.
“I think he hid from us the danger he was in,” said Ashwin Mangukiya, 52. “Our entire family is devastated by this. We are still trying to get back his dead body.”
Mangukiya’s death has shed light on the fate of dozens – by some estimates, hundreds – of Indians who have ended up on the frontlines of the Russia-Ukraine war against their will, after signing up for roles described as military helpers or security guards. In some cases, families say the men thought they were flying out for jobs in Dubai but then were sent on to Russia by agents.
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For the $4K of debt they incurred to pay the employment agency, they’d be better off crossing the Rio Grande. Interesting that there are places in the world that don’t know Biden is accepting all comers across the border.
The good old Grauniad, and MI-6 bullplop about the Ukraine.
Free Palestine! Free Palestine! Free Palestine! Ugh!
Russia is hiring Indians for support work, then sending them to fight for Russian Army in Ukraine
02/24/2024 11:50:01 AM PST · by Lurch Addams · 24 replies
NDTV India News ^ | 2/23/24 | NDTV
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He thought he was going to Disneyland.
The Russian H1-B’s don’t compare to ours.
Russia should be commended for diversity in the ranks
I prefer their H-1B program to ours.
I don’t believe them. India has been a primary buyer of Russian crude. India has provided them with other kinds of support. India is in this war and it’s not on the side of the West. India is actively involved in infiltrating our government at both the federal and state level, much like China has been doing. India is taking over entire industries. Their people are taking out our middle class. India is not our ally. India is an enemy.
We need to send the rest of the H1Bs over there too...
Not to mention all of you Zeepers.
I’ve said from the very beginning that all the sides involved are lying to us. And there are a lot more than two.
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