Ukrainian intelligence confirms 1,000 Cubans serving in Russian ranks, with recruitment efforts tied to the Cuban regime, as global scrutiny intensifies.
Anyone got a proper list where from Ruzz is recruiting, apart from the RF? So far I got :
South East Asia: India, Nepal, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, North-Korea, China etc
Africa: Cameroon , Somalia , Egypt, Ghana etc
LatAm: Cuba and probably Venezuela.
Update! :
According to @Tuukka R, Somalians have been spotted and @pdqcp shared a link that states that mercs from at least 48 countries have reported for Ruzz Mil Service as per march 2025
Add:
They are normally lied to by enrollment people, to get a Russian student’s visa and or for menial-, maintenance-, or campwork. Promised like us$ 2000 - 3000 per month, which in their currency is lots of money.
Then send to the frontlines within a week, where their lifeexpectancy is max 3 weeks or so.
Anyone got a proper list where from Ruzz is recruiting, apart from the RF? So far I got :
Update! : According to @Tuukka R, Somalians have been spotted and @pdqcp shared a link that states that mercs from at least 48 countries have reported for Ruzz Mil Service as per march 2025
Add: They are normally lied to by enrollment people, to get a Russian student’s visa and or for menial-, maintenance-, or campwork. Promised like us$ 2000 - 3000 per month, which in their currency is lots of money. Then send to the frontlines within a week, where their lifeexpectancy is max 3 weeks or so.
Seen several occurrences of Somalians fighting for the Russia.
I don’t really know, hence the question.
Info hasn’t been great , but according to this other comment there were people from 48 countries. Updated the stuff
In Apr/25, at least 48 countries based on a leak from Moscow’s medical database, see:
https://istories.media/en/stories/2025/04/23/mercenaries/
https://archive.is/Fik9J
Great info article tnx. Updated