How Russia Attracts Fresh Recruits From Africa to Fight in Ukraine
The Wall Street Journal·2026-03-09 00:00
We are going once again today. >> This is Oiora Okeshupu, a Nigerian soldier fighting for Russia in Ukraine. He's one of thousands of fresh recruits from Africa.Citizens from 36 African countries are fighting according to list of soldiers obtained by Swissbased nonprofit impact. Russia has been sort of really struggling to find recruits in Russia itself to fight its invasion of Ukraine. What you do.You bring people from outside. At least 24,000 foreign fighters and among them we know at least, you know, ver ...