Feb 18 β€’ 15:25 UTC πŸ‡±πŸ‡» Latvia LSM

Better life leads to captivity or mass grave: How the aggressor state Russia recruits Africans for fighting in Ukraine

Russia is systematically recruiting citizens from African countries to fight in Ukraine by enticing them with high wages and bonuses, though many victims end up captured or killed on the front lines.

The article discusses Russia's targeted efforts to recruit African citizens for combat in Ukraine, offering substantial salaries and bonuses as incentives. However, many recruits reportedly do not receive the promised payments and are rapidly killed in combat, facing a grim fate after minimal training. Those captured express that they were unaware of being sent to the front to fight, highlighting the deception at play in these recruitments.

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