12 Indians serving with Russian military killed, 16 more are missing, says MEA

India on Friday confirmed that 12 citizens have so far been killed while serving with the Russian armed forces while another 16 have been listed as missing, a higher casualty figure than previously acknowledged by officials.

Indian authorities had learnt of a total of 126 Indians serving with the Russian military and 96 of them had been discharged so far by Russian authorities, external affairs ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal told a regular media briefing in response to several questions.