Bangladesh arrests two for luring locals to fight for Russia in Ukraine
Twenty Bangladeshi citizens have been killed after being used by Russia as ‘bait’ to locate enemy positions, police say.
![A view of the damaged centre of the frontline town of Druzhkivka, Donetsk region, Ukraine [File: Iryna Rybakova/Ukraine's 93rd Mechanized Brigade via AP Photo]](https://aljazeeranews-mggx1uo47w.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/AP26207438965808-1792000982.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
Twenty Bangladeshi citizens have been killed after being used by Russia as ‘bait’ to locate enemy positions, police say.
![A view of the damaged centre of the frontline town of Druzhkivka, Donetsk region, Ukraine [File: Iryna Rybakova/Ukraine's 93rd Mechanized Brigade via AP Photo]](https://aljazeeranews-mggx1uo47w.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/AP26207438965808-1792000982.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)





![French lawyer Matthieu Chirez (front 2L) arrives with relatives of victims for the trial of the 14 alleged smugglers over the deaths of 31 migrants in the English Channel in 2021 at the Judicial court in Paris, on September 8, 2026. [AFP]](https://aljazeeranews-mggx1uo47w.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/afp_6aa086d6befa-1788905174.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)



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