The Indian government has dismissed social media claims that 3,000 Ukrainians have entered the country to train insurgent groups, calling the posts 'fake'.
According to a government statement, seven individuals, including six Ukrainians and one American, have been arrested for illegal entry into Myanmar via Mizoram.
The arrested persons include Matthew Aaron VanDyke, a US citizen and international security analyst, and six Ukrainian nationals who were detained at Delhi and Lucknow airports.
They have been charged with engaging in unlawful activities for helping armed militia in Myanmar, which work closely with anti-India insurgent groups, officials said.
The arrests were made on a specific tip-off last week, and the Bureau of Immigration detained the seven persons while they were attempting to move through major Indian transit hubs.
According to an FIR filed by the NIA, 14 Ukrainians entered India on tourist visa on separate dates and flew to Guwahati in Assam and then to Mizoram without the requisite Restricted Area Permit (RAP) or the Protected Area Permit (PAP).
The group then entered Myanmar 'illegally' to conduct a pre-scheduled training for Myanmar-based Ethnics Armed Groups (EAGs), known to support terrorist organisations operating in India, in the domain of drone warfare and jamming technology.
