Russia has reportedly begun recruiting people from around the world to fight in Ukraine and Africa.
The Ukrainian National Resistance Center (UNRC) said that Ukrainians in the occupied territories were forced to participate in military operations of the Wagner private mercenary group in African countries such as the Central African Republic, Niger and Mali.
According to the UNRC, conscripts aged 22 to 50 are paid a salary of 240,000 rubles (approximately £2,050) to carry out Wagner’s orders and carry out mining operations in the Sahel country.
Wagner’s operation has been mired in accusations that the group is fomenting violence in North Africa to create demand for its security services and loot valuable mineral resources and support unsavory regimes.
The UN RC pointed out that Russia blatantly violated international humanitarian law by recruiting personnel from illegally occupied territories.
It follows numerous reports that Russia is recruiting reluctant soldiers from around the world to fight its illegal war in Ukraine and exploit the mineral-rich African country.
last week, Sky News reported that several Indian men Claiming they were forced to fight for Russian forces in Ukraine.
In the village of Mattool in the Indian state of Haryana, their families showed broadcasters a contract from the Russian Defense Ministry, which stipulates that the men must perform military duties to defend the Russian Federation.
The men and their families claim they were forced to sign the contracts after arriving in Russia on tourist visas looking for work. They were arrested by Russian authorities for violating visa laws and told they could either serve in the Russian army for a year or face 10 years in prison.
Family members said that after less than 15 days of training, they were pushed to the front line.
Last month, the UK Ministry of Defense said Russia was seeking Recruit foreigners and migrant workers to avoid being in The presidential election was rigged Vladimir Putin was elected with 87% of the vote.
The Headquarters for the Coordination of the Treatment of Prisoners of War (KSHPPV), a Ukrainian government agency, said Russia was increasingly turning to foreign mercenaries from countries with “difficult economic situations” to provide cannon fodder for its invasions.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned that Russia could launch a large-scale offensive in late May or June. Notice this, war institute The Russian military has “succeeded in reducing potentially increased human and material losses” by putting thousands of well-trained soldiers on the front lines to crush Ukraine’s defenses, it said on Saturday.
Russia is believed to have Nepal, Somalia, Cubaand other countries fighting in Ukraine.
KSHPPV spokesman Petro Yatsenko showed mercenaries from Nepal, Cuba, Somalia and Sierra Leone captured by Ukrainian forces at a press conference on March 15, saying Russia was too lazy to keep them fighting Get ready for the event.
Christopher Tucker, Reader in Strategic Studies at King’s College London, said: “There is a logic behind the move to recruit foreigners: Russia needs manpower, but it is also trying to shift the burden of providing manpower away from Russia’s metropolitan areas.
“Many foreign recruits complain of a lack of training, poor equipment, and being tricked into forward deployment. However, Russia’s current way of fighting requires scale more than skill, so the limited capabilities and lack of motivation of these units do not matter.”
Nepal reportedly halted distribution in January foreign work permit An increasing number of Nepali mercenaries are allegedly being killed fighting for Russia in Ukraine and its citizens are being asked to work in Russia until further notice.
“The Russian government misled these people, promising them high-paying jobs in Russia and then forcing them to go to Ukraine once they arrived,” said Vera Ageeva, a Russian political scientist at Sciences Po in Paris.
General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine report In October 2023, about 400 foreign mercenaries arrived in occupied Crimea, preparing to join the Russian army on the front line.
In November 2022, it was reported that Afghan special forces soldiers fighting alongside the US military fled to Iran after a US attack. chaotic retreat The Russian military has recruited men from Afghanistan to fight in Ukraine, the Associated Press reported.
Orisya Lucevich, director of the Ukraine Forum at Chatham House in London, said Russia’s blatant use of troops from abroad and from occupied territories should serve as a warning to Eastern European countries about the potential for Russian aggression if it prevailed. what happened.
Some defense experts have warned that if Ukraine falls to Russia and Trump wins the White House again, a crisis of confidence in NATO could lead Putin to launch new aggression against the small Baltic nation.Pro-Kremlin voices have repeatedly disparaged Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia. “Nazification”. This was one of the ridiculous excuses used by the Russian dictator when he launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
Lutsevich said the “worst outcome” would be: “The Russians occupy large swathes of Ukrainian territory. Then they recruit Ukrainians to fight the Europeans… They have mobilized people from the occupied territories to fight with Ukrainian troops. Why does he No [Putin] Do the same thing and use them instead of Russians? “
Ms Agyeva agreed that Russia might try to recruit Ukrainians to fight against NATO countries. But he said “there could be risks for Russia arming yesterday’s enemies,” referring to the resentment and hatred Russia’s incursions have stoked in Ukraine.
According to Ukraine’s military intelligence agency, 60,000 Ukrainians have been forced to join the Russian army since Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, in defiance of international law.
“Sixty thousand is a realistic number,” Alyona Lunova, the organization’s communications manager zmina human rights center in Kyiv, told local media. “The organization documented cases of men being dragged off the streets.”
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