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Indian student fighting in Ukraine against Russians 'wants to return'

Source: PTI   -  Edited By: Utkarsh Mishra
March 12, 2022 22:14 IST
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A 21-year-old aerospace engineering student, who joined the Ukrainian paramilitary force as a volunteer, has expressed his willingness to return home to Coimbatore, according to family sources.

IMAGE: A Ukrainian service member holds a machine gun on the front line near the city of Novoluhanske in the Donetsk region. Photograph: Gleb Garanich/Reuters

R Sainikhesh joined the Georgian National Legion last month and was fighting against Russian troops after a war broke out last month.

The Georgian National Legion is a paramilitary unit formed by mostly ethnic Georgian volunteers fighting on the side of Ukraine in the ongoing war.

 

His parents came to know only after central intelligence officials met them and sought the details of Sainikhesh some days ago.

The sources said the youth's father Ravichandran had spoken to his son three days ago, during which he had expressed his willingness to return home.

Since Indian officials are closely following the matter, Ravichandran was expecting his son to rejoin them soon, they said.

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