Unofficial data shows around 100 Kurds fight in Russian army in Ukraine
YELENOVKA, Russia - Though more than 1,300 families live in the village of Yelenovka in Russian Voronezh Oblast, the rural settlement appears empty as many of their youths have joined the war in Ukraine following President Vladimir Putin's call for the enlisting of an additional 300,000 troops to join their army.
According to unofficial information, more than 100 Kurds have been drafted from the Krasnodar region, where around 20 thousand Kurds live, into the Russian armed forces and taken to fight against the Ukrainian army.
Khosrawi Eylas, father of Yousif Elyasi, a wounded Russian soldier, told Rudaw's Kamiz Shadadi, "They were taken to and fought in Ukraine for 25 days and my nephew [Ikram Maher] was martyred. The wounded [including his son] were brought back and they were hospitalized. I visited him where I stayed for two to three days. They said [hospital staff] they would discharge them and let them return home after a few days."
A Kurdish soldier from Russia serving in the country's army and fighting against Ukraine was killed in action last week.
Ikram Maher, 25, was one of 300,000 soldiers ordered by Putin on September 21 to fight against the Ukrainian army, but died there on October 21 in Zaporizhzhya, just 20 days after going to fight in Ukraine.
According to unofficial information, more than 100 Kurds have been drafted from the Krasnodar region, where around 20 thousand Kurds live, into the Russian armed forces and taken to fight against the Ukrainian army.
Khosrawi Eylas, father of Yousif Elyasi, a wounded Russian soldier, told Rudaw's Kamiz Shadadi, "They were taken to and fought in Ukraine for 25 days and my nephew [Ikram Maher] was martyred. The wounded [including his son] were brought back and they were hospitalized. I visited him where I stayed for two to three days. They said [hospital staff] they would discharge them and let them return home after a few days."
A Kurdish soldier from Russia serving in the country's army and fighting against Ukraine was killed in action last week.
Ikram Maher, 25, was one of 300,000 soldiers ordered by Putin on September 21 to fight against the Ukrainian army, but died there on October 21 in Zaporizhzhya, just 20 days after going to fight in Ukraine.