The data — provided to Himal Southasian and Organised Crime and Corruption Reporting Project by Ukraine’s Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of Wars, and in part obtained from sources within the Russian military as well – covers the period from the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 to Sept 2025.Sri Lanka tops the list of deaths, with at least 275 citizens killed in action out of at least 751 recruited, says the Himal report published on March 5. The country’s foreign minister, Vijitha Herath, informed the Sri Lankan parliament last year that 59 Sri Lankans had been killed out of 554 recruited as of Jan 2025.The Sri Lankan foreign ministry had not responded to questions from Himal.In Dec 2025, the Indian govt reported 26 deaths and 202 Indian recruits. In May 2024, CBI had arrested four traffickers, including a Russian translator, who used YouTube to recruit Indian youth with the promise of work only to deploy them to the frontlines.Five Afghans have been killed out of 18 recruited, and three out of 22 Pakistani recruits have perished.
Author: Surendra Singh
Published at: 2026-03-19 23:56:46
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