Hundreds of South Asians are fighting Russia’s war on Ukraine, including from India, Nepal, and Sri Lanka. They face physical danger and a language barrier, and some have disappeared or died. How did they end up there? And what are their governments doing to find out what happened to them?
In this episode: 

Minelle Fernandez, Al Jazeera Correspondent 

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This episode was produced by Chloe K. Li and Sarí el-Khalili with our host Malika Bilal. Zaina Badr and Ashish Malhotra fact-checked this episode.
Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Our lead of audience development and engagement is Aya Elmileik and Adam Abou-Gad is our engagement producer.
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