'Heading front means drone attacks, it is a deathtrap': Injured Bangladeshi Sohel in Russia
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Ali Hasan Sohel, a youth from Rajbari who was forced into fighting for Russia, is currently undergoing medical treatment at a hospital in Penza. He revealed that refusing to join the frontline leads to severe confinement and torture, leaving youths with no choice but to enter deadly combat zones.
- Bangladeshi youth Sohel was coerced into the Russia-Ukraine frontlines after going abroad for work.
- Recruits are handed weapons and deployed as bait, directly into the line of Ukrainian drone strikes.
- Refusal to fight was met with brutal confinement, physical torture, and severe punishment.
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Hoping for a brighter future and stable livelihood, Ali Hasan Sohel from Rajbari ventured abroad, only to find himself dragged directly into the bloody conflict of the Russia-Ukraine war. Coerced into advancing toward the frontlines for the Russian military, he was critically wounded in a drone strike. Currently receiving treatment at a hospital in the Russian city of Penza, Sohel has exposed the sheer brutality and trap awaiting foreign recruits.
Recounting his harrowing experience, Sohel explained that anyone refusing to deploy to the battlefield was immediately locked up and subjected to brutal physical torture and starvation. Pushed to their physical limits, recruits were ultimately forced to comply. Russian commanders deceptively assured them they would not have to participate in direct combat, merely requiring them to move forward and secure flanks, which proved to be an outright deception.
According to Sohel, foreign recruits are deliberately positioned on the frontlines as human bait to draw fire. The moment they step into open terrain, Ukrainian drones launch precise, devastating strikes from above. While many perish instantly, only the fortunate few who survive catastrophic injuries and manage to crawl back are transported to military hospitals for emergency care.
Sohel's traumatic revelation sheds light on dangerous human trafficking networks exploiting vulnerable job-seeking youth and funneling them into active war zones. Back home, his distressed family remains in agonizing uncertainty, pleading with Bangladesh's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and relevant international agencies for his immediate rescue and safe repatriation.
“The forced deployment of Bangladeshi and foreign youths to the frontlines under fraudulent employment promises represents a grave violation of international human rights. This development calls for urgent diplomatic intervention to dismantle illegal trafficking rings and secure the safe return of entrapped nationals.”
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