Russian citizenship and $ 2100 Monthly: Sri Lanka Citizens "deceived" to participate in the war in Ukraine

According to journalists, the recruiters sent for the former Sri Lankan military in WhatsApp messages that promised Russian citizenship, land and $ 2. 1 thousand a month. At least 22 citizens of Sri Lanka, who participated in fighting in Ukraine, managed to desert and return home. About it reports AFP, referring to the representative of the Ministry of Defense of the country of Nalina Hrat. The speaker of the defense department said that the citizens were "cheated".

According to 37-year-old Anila Madusanka, he expected to work as a driver in Russia. However, he was subsequently armed and sent to the front. The man has fragile wounds of both legs. He escaped from the hospital and turned to the embassy of his country, which returned him home. Many Srilannikans are experiencing financial difficulties and therefore go to the Russian Federation and Ukraine, he explained.

The advertisements that recruiters send to WhatsApp, the future military promised areas of land and $ 2. 1 thousand a month. This is 13 times higher than the average monthly income in Sri Lanka, journalists say. Last week, the relatives of the recruited were on a demonstration near the Russian Embassy in the Sri-Lanka capital of Colombo. According to one of the participants of the action, they paid a so -called employment agent with a man with a man.

To do this, they sold all the property and laid part of the house. The island state adheres to the neutral policy of war in Ukraine, but reports of recruiting local citizens have been outraged by the public, AFP notes. At the end of May this year, the Foreign Ministry representative Sri Lanka Balasuri said that law enforcement officers received more than 450 complaints due to recruiting citizens for war, but in fact such cases "may be much more.

" According to the minister, the retired military was mostly subjected to recruitment. These people were promised good salaries, benefits and other privileges, including Russian citizenship. At least 16 Sri Lanka citizens were killed and 37 were injured. The government of the country says that about ten people are held captive. It should be reminded that on March 19 it was reported that the Russian Federation recruited 2000 Nepalese to the war against Ukraine.