Student, fighting against Russian forces, willing to return from Ukraine: Family sources

COIMBATORE: A 21-year-old aerospace engineering student, who joined the Ukrainian paramilitary force as a volunteer, has expressed his willingness to return home to Coimbatore, according to family sources.

R Sainikhesh joined the Georgian National Legion last month and was fighting against Russian troops after war broke out last month. The Georgian National Legion is a paramilitary unit formed by mostly ethnic Georgian volunteers fighting on the side of Ukraine in the ongoing war. His parents came to know only after central intelligence officials met them and sought the details of Sainikhesh some days ago.

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The sources said the youth's father Ravichandran had spoken to his son three days ago, during which he had expressed his willingness to return home. Since Indian officials are closely following the matter, Ravichandran was expecting his son to rejoin them soon, they said.

Tamil Nadu chief minister MK Stalin welcomed 9 Tamil Nadu students evacuated from Ukraine. According to the state government, 1,890 out of the 1,921 students from the state have returned from Ukraine so far. The rest are in 'safe zones' in Ukraine and other neighbouring countries and do not want to return home, an official release said.

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