{"id":1367427,"date":"2026-03-09T19:24:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T17:24:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/russia-systematically-recruits-africans-for-the-war-against-ukraine\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T19:24:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T17:24:10","slug":"russia-systematically-recruits-africans-for-the-war-against-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/russia-systematically-recruits-africans-for-the-war-against-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia systematically recruits Africans for the war against Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"

Russia has changed its approach to recruiting foreigners to participate in the war against Ukraine. The recruitment of foreign citizens into the Russian army is increasingly being carried out on a systematic basis.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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This was reported by<\/a> the Center for Countering Disinformation, citing a study by the Robert Lansing Institute.<\/p>\n

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Analysts note that Russia previously used mostly semi-legal recruitment schemes, including closed groups on messengers, employment intermediaries, and shell companies.<\/p>\n

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Now, according to their data, the role of recruiting centers is increasingly being played by Russian diplomatic and cultural missions in African countries.<\/p>\n

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Researchers have already identified more than 1,400 citizens of African countries who fought on the side of Russia. At least 316 people have been confirmed dead.<\/p>\n

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According to analysts, a significant number of them died less than a month after reaching the front. Many recruits were misled during selection, promising work in the civilian sector.<\/p>\n

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After a sharp reaction from the governments of certain African countries, Russia stopped recruiting their citizens and formed an unofficial “blacklist” of states.<\/p>\n

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However, the recruitment of foreigners continues in other countries on the continent.<\/p>\n

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Researchers note that despite the Kremlin’s rhetoric about “friendship with Africa” and the fight against colonialism, Russia is actually using the continent’s vulnerable youth as a resource for its war against Ukraine.<\/p>\n

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Earlier, it was reported that the Kenyan parliament stated that Russia had recruited over a thousand of its citizens to participate in the war against Ukraine.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Recall that mercenaries from Africa who fought on the side of Russia against Ukraine received Russian passports.<\/a> <\/p>\n

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Russia has changed its approach to recruiting foreigners to participate in the war against Ukraine. The recruitment of foreign citizens into the Russian army is increasingly being carried out on a systematic basis. This was reported by the Center for Countering Disinformation, citing a study by the Robert Lansing Institute. Analysts note that Russia previously […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":1312888,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76871,76872,76874],"class_list":["post-1367427","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-2","category-news-feed","category-war"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1367427","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/66"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1367427"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1367427\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1312888"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1367427"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1367427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}