Bangladesh arrests two over scheme luring locals to fight for Russia in Ukraine

Bangladeshi police have arrested two men accused of trafficking at least 30 locals to Russia, where they were forced to fight in Ukraine.

• Police arrested Mizanur Rahman and Abu Taher over a network that recruited Bangladeshis with false promises of jobs, commander Mohammad Asaduzzaman said.
• At least 20 of the trafficked Bangladeshis were killed, 17 of them by drone attacks on their first day of deployment, police said.
• Asaduzzaman said the victims were used as "bait" to locate enemy positions before Russian forces acted.
• Victims' passports and phones were confiscated upon arrival, and they were handed to the Russian military, he said.