Ahmedabad, Dec. 23 -- A 22-year-old man from Gujarat's Morbi has sent a video message to his family, alleging that he was captured by Ukrainian forces while fighting for the Russian military, and appealed for help from the Indian government and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

This is the second video of the man, identified as Sahil Hussein. In the earlier video, released in October, Hussein alleged that he had surrendered after being sent to the battlefield as part of the Russian military.

In the new video, widely circulated on social media, Hussein said he went to Russia nearly two years ago to pursue computer science, and alleged that he signed a contract with the Russian military while in custody in a criminal case and was sent to the ...