India, March 15 -- India said on Friday it is continuing to press Russian authorities for the early discharge of Indian nationals serving as support staff with the Russian military even as the bodies of two citizens killed on the frontlines of the Ukraine conflict are expected to be brought home by the weekend.

"We are pressing very hard with the Russian authorities for early discharge of our people who are stuck there," external affairs ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal told a regular media briefing. He reiterated that 20-odd Indians serving in the Russian military so far approached Indian authorities for help and that two Indians had been killed.

Jaiswal didn't respond to questions regarding the exact number of Indians currently w...