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Feb 5 • 17:00 UTC • 🇪🇪 Estonia • Postimees

VIDEO ⟩ CNN: Russia recruits new soldiers from Africa, using them on the front line as 'can openers'

Russia is recruiting new soldiers from African countries with false promises of civilian work and high pay, but these individuals are actually being sent to the front lines in Ukraine.

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