Gujarat student Mohammad Sahil trapped in Russia, calls for help in video from Ukrainian prison!

The heart-wrenching story of Sahil Mohammad Hussain, a student from Gujarat, has come to light. He had gone to Russia for studies, but the difficulties there pushed him into the battlefield. Now he is in captivity of the Ukrainian army and is narrating his ordeal through a video message. Sahil told that he was implicated in a false drug case and put in jail. The condition for release was to join the Russian Army. He agreed under compulsion.

journey from russia to war

Sahil said in the video, “I came to Russia to study. Here they falsely implicated me in a drugs case and put me in jail. The condition of my release was to join the Russian Army. I got recruited. After training for 15 days, they sent me to fight in Ukraine.” After training, he was directly thrown into combat against Ukraine. But seeing the opportunity, Sahil surrendered before the Ukrainian army. Now he is in their captivity and he himself does not know what will happen next.

Warning to students going to Russia

Sahil’s message did not stop just at his story. He advised other students going to Russia to be careful. Also appealed to the Indian government to do something for their safe return. Sahil said, “My message to the students coming to Russia is to be careful. President Putin had come to India. I appeal to the Indian government to talk to Putin for my safe return to India.” This appeal has come at a time when the Russia-Ukraine war is going on and there are reports of many Indian students stuck abroad.