Kazakhstan in Talks With Moscow Over Citizens Fighting in Ukraine

Kazakhstan’s Foreign Ministry said it is negotiating with Russia to bring home Kazakh citizens who were serving with Russian forces in Ukraine. Officials are checking individual cases, including public appeals, and plan to send a list to Moscow. The ministry did not disclose how many people are involved or whether Russia has agreed to release them.

Kazakhstan’s foreign ministry said its hotline keeps receiving requests about nationals in the combat zone and that each is being checked. After verification, officials intend to give Moscow a compiled list. They have not said how many people are involved or whether Russia will allow them to leave.

Relatives and the men themselves describe journeys to Russia for civilian jobs that allegedly turned into military service. Some say they were recruited by security firms, then taken to military sites and warned of prison for refusing. Others reported locations in northern occupied Luhansk. One named case, Miras Tasharganov, went to Kursk for work, his mother said; another, Ainabek Keldibek, born in 2006, went after completing compulsory service.

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