INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Recast with Indian foreign minister's comments.Russia has agreed to discharge Indian nationals from its military after Prime Minister
Narendra Modi raised the issue with President Vladimir Putin during his visit to Moscow this week, India's foreign minister said
Tuesday.Modi had "strongly raised the issue of early discharge of Indian nationals who have been misled into the service of the Russian
army" with Putin, Vinay Kwatra told reporters on the meeting's sidelines."This was taken up strongly by the prime minister and the Russian
side promised early discharge," the Asian nation's top diplomat said.While Kwatra said he did not know exactly how many Indian nationals had
been recruited to fight in Moscow's offensive, India "anticipates it to be roughly 35-50."Of those, 10 have already been brought back to
India, he added.The foreign minister said India and Russia will now "work on it and see how exactly, and how expeditiously, we can get them
two Indian citizens fighting as soldiers in Russia's Armed Forces have been killed in the war in Ukraine, while dozens stuck in the war zone
several of its citizens who had signed up for "support jobs" with the Russian military.The Indian government said in March it had raised the
of Ukraine in early 2022.AFP contributed reporting.
