In the light of publicity, an African prisoner of war, the plan and the way in which he was deceived by the Russiawith the aim of being forced to fight in the Ukraine.
The shocking testimony of 36 -year -old Onana Zone from Cameroon was published by “Telegraph” and went viral on social media as it was revealed as it was revealed. The knitwear that Russia has set up to “recruit” Africans to fight in Ukraine, despite their will.
He argues that he saw an ad for a job in Russia, in a soap factory and after collecting enough money you went to Moscow. However, himself, like other Africans, were arrested by the authorities when they arrived in Russia and soon found that their lives would take a fatal turn.
Men from various African countries such as Cameroon, Zimbabwe and Ghana have “fallen into the trap” of the Russian governmentwhich is allegedly publishing ads for foreign nationals, who when they accept, They are forced to sign a contract to join the Russian army.
As Zona Onana typically stated, These cheated people fight in the front line of the frontwith the result that the overwhelming percentage of these people lose their life or desert, as they see that the chances of surviving are minimal.
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Sure, There are also African soldiers who go consciously in Russia to fight in Ukraineafter are lurking by them wages that Moscow promises them, compared to the salaries they receive from the army of the country they serve, As “Telegraph” says.
The African prisoner of war described his own dramatic experience, after training 5 weeks, sent him to the front line, where he was asked by eight other soldiers to occupy a hostile refuge in early May.
However, the shelter was bombed and everyone was killed except for himself, who, while injured for six days, managed to leave the spot and was eventually arrested.
Other shocking testimony It’s 25 -year -old Senegalese Malik Diopwho was studying in Russia when he was approached by the Russian army and proposed to him with a fairly high salary in the Lugansk area “away from the front”.
Over a dozen Ghanaian men were promised security and agricultural jobs in Russia, but they ended up at the frontlines of the Ukrainian war. This is how Russia uses deceit and intimidation to recruit Africans for its war in Ukraine. pic.twitter.com/QaAlIv5D08
– Philip obaji jr. (@Philipobaji) January 2, 2025
But after a week, he was given a gun, grenades and helmet and ordered him to head to the Toretsk area. He states characteristically: ‘We started to see the dead in the woods. Many dead in different buildings. It really influenced me».
Shocked by the situation he had found, as soon as he found the right opportunity, he threw his uniform, his weapons and deserted. After walking for two days, he was eventually arrested by the Ukrainian forces. Unfortunately, others did not have the same opportunity.
The whole interview of Malik Diop with English subtitles.
In addition to hundreds of Africans who are “recruited” to fight in Ukraine, it has been observed that Many women from Africa have accepted jobs in Russiain war factories of manufacture of ammunition, military equipment and drones.
These are indicative examples of the need for Putin’s “war machine” to continue the bloody invasion of Ukraine since February 2022.