Overview

• Ukraine’s 63rd Mechanized Brigade released video identifying the prisoner as 22-year-old Majoti Sahil Mohamed Hussein from Morbi, India.
• He says he went to Russia to study, was sentenced to seven years on drug charges, and was offered a military contract to avoid imprisonment.
• After roughly 16 days of basic training, he was sent on his first mission on Oct. 1 and surrendered to Ukrainian troops three days later.
• He claims he was promised freedom after a year of service and payments ranging from 100,000 to 1.5 million rubles, but received nothing and does not want to return to Russia.
• The case aligns with earlier reports of Russia recruiting or coercing foreign nationals, with previous reporting citing at least 12 Indians killed and 16 missing in the war.