Dhaka, May 13 -- A journey begun in hope for financial relief has ended in the smoke of war for Abdus Rahim, a young man from Mymensingh's Fulbaria, who was killed in a drone strike while fighting on the Russia-controlled Ukraine front.

His family says Rahim first went to Singapore after his father sold land to support him abroad, but earnings there were not enough to ease household hardship.

Seeking higher income, he later left for Russia without informing his family and joined the Russian military as a contract fighter.

On May 2, Rahim was struck during a drone attack while fighting alongside Russian forces in a war zone along the Ukraine border.

The strike also killed Riyad Rashid, 28, from Kishoreganj, injured several others inclu...