Russia is deceptively recruiting mercenaries from Africa for the war against Ukraine — DIU
Category
Ukraine
Publication date

Russia is deceptively recruiting mercenaries from Africa for the war against Ukraine — DIU

The Defence Intelligence of Ukraine
Russian mercenary from Nigeria

Nigerians continue to die in the war against Ukraine. How Russia is deceivingly recruiting mercenaries from Africa, the Main Intelligence Directorate told.

Points of attention

  • Russia is recruiting mercenaries from Africa by making false promises of work and deceiving them about the conditions of service in the occupation army in the war against Ukraine.
  • Nigerian citizens face tragic outcomes as promises of employment in Russia turn into forced contracts at the front, leading to their liquidation in the conflict.

DIU published the story of another liquidated Russian mercenary from Nigeria

A one-way ticket — this is how promises of employment in Russia end for dozens and hundreds of Nigerian citizens.

Another Nigerian, Ayebusiwa Olabode Victor, recruited into the Russian occupation army, was liquidated in the Kharkiv region. His story is not an exception, but a consistent practice of Russian recruiters: promises of work, flight to Russia, documents taken away, a forced contract and the front.

The main thing in this story is the public lies of Russian government officials and the aggressor state's disregard for the demands of official Nigeria to stop recruiting its citizens for the criminal war.

How the Russian fraud scheme works, why citizens of African countries become its victims, and how many such mercenaries are involved — read on the slides.

GUR reminds: the only real opportunity to survive the criminal war against Ukraine for both foreign mercenaries in the Russian army and citizens of the aggressor state is voluntary surrender. This can be done within the framework of the "I Want to Live" project by writing to a secure chat bot in Telegram.

By staying online, you consent to the use of cookies files, which help us make your stay here even better 

Based on your browser and language settings, you might prefer the English version of our website. Would you like to switch?