, Oct. 14 -- Members of a human trafficking ring lured around 30 Bangladeshis to Russia with promises of high-paying jobs before forcing them to join the Russia-Ukraine war, where around 20 of them have died, Special Response Battalion (SRB) said on Wednesday.

The victims were forced to join the Russian military after reaching the country and were sent to the frontline after 21 days of training, Additional DIG Md Asaduzzaman, commander of SRB-10, disclosed the information at SRB Media Centre at Karwan Bazar in the capital.

They were used as human shields to help identify enemy position and determine the locations and distances of attacks, particularly drone strikes, he said.

SRB members have arrested two suspected members of the traffi...