A 22-year-old youth from Haryana has died in Ukraine. According to sources, he was fighting the war in Ukraine on behalf of Russia and died during this.
According to the young man's brother, he had gone to Russia for a job but was forcibly recruited into the army there. After a few days of training, he was sent to Ukraine as a frontline worker. Where he died while fighting. The Indian Embassy in Moscow has confirmed his death.
Russia has identified the youth killed in the Ukraine war as Ravi Maun. He was a resident of Matour village in Kaithal district of Haryana. Ravi's brother Ajay has claimed that Ravi had gone to Russia on January 13 for a transport job but was recruited in the army.
Ajay had written a letter to the embassy on July 21 seeking information about his brother. The embassy said that he had passed away. The embassy has also asked to send the DNA test report to identify the body.
Ajay told that Ravi went to Russia on January 13. An agent sent him to Russia for transport work, but he was recruited in the Russian army.
The Russian army told Ravi Maun to go to the border and fight against the Ukrainian army or face 10 years in prison. He was in touch with us till March 12. After that, he could not be contacted.
Ajay has appealed to Prime Minister Modi to bring back his brother's body. “We don't have money to bring back his body,” he told reporters. It cost Rs 11.50 lakh to sell the family's one-acre land and send him to Russia.