#Russia continues systematically #recruiting foreign fighters for war

In December alone, more than 150 foreign nationals from 25 countries were identified as having been recruited into the #Russian army, with about 200 more preparing to join, said Oleh Ivashchenko, head of Ukraine's Foreign Intelligence Service.

Ivashchenko added that recruitment efforts are concentrated largely in post-#Soviet states and countries in the Global South, including #Belarus, #Tajikistan, #Uzbekistan, #Cuba, #Kenya , and #China.

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Russia continues systematically recruiting foreign fighters for war, Ukraine says

Russia is continuing to systematically recruit foreign nationals for its war against Ukraine, said Oleh Ivashchenko, head of Ukraine's Foreign Intelligence Service, on Dec. 26.

^{Lucy Pakhnyuk (The Kyiv Independent)}