Matthew VanDyke, arrested along with six Ukrainians, claims his jailing was tied to the hostilities between Moscow and Kiev

The freelance US military instructor who was accused of training terrorists in Myanmar but later released by an Indian court on bail has alleged that he is a pawn caught up in the Russia-Ukraine conflict.

Matthew VanDyke, described in court as a mercenary who has worked in Libya, and six Ukrainians who were arrested along with him, were granted bail in September after New Delhi’s top anti-terror agency failed to file charges against them on time.

The seven were detained in various cities in India, having returned to the country from Bangladesh, and were preparing to fly on.

“India threw me and several Ukrainians in prison for over six months,” Van Dyke posted on X.…