Equatorial Guinea Warns of Russian Trap
Nchama said recruiters promised training and bodyguard work before sending him to the front, where Ukraine estimates nearly 1,800 Africans have been enlisted.
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Equatorial Guinea warns of Russian trap
Daniel Angel Masie Nchama had no idea what he was getting into when Russian recruiters sent the young man from Equatorial Guinea into battle in war-ravaged Ukraine.“I realized we were at the front when a missile struck us,” he said.Now back home at his parents’ modest house in the capital, Malabo, t
A 22-year-old Equatorial Guinean tells of his miraculous survival after being forcibly enlisted by Russia in Ukraine.
Equatoguinean Youths Warned of Russian Recruitment Trap
Daniel Angel Masie Nchama never imagined that a promise of overseas employment would lead him to the front lines of the war in Ukraine. The 22-year-old former information technology student from Equatorial Guinea says he was recruited by Russian intermediaries who convinced him he would receive military training and work as a bodyguard. Instead, he found himself fighting in one of the world’s deadliest conflicts. “I realised we were at the front…
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