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  • African fighters captured fighting for Russia reveal how they were lured into Putin's war

    07/01/2025 3:36:57 AM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 11 replies
    Daily Express MSN News ^ | 6/30/2025 | Falyn Stempler
    Two Cameroonian men fighting for Russia were captured by Ukrainian forces in the Donetsk region. The men, identifying themselves as Metugena Una-na Jean Pafe and Anatole Frank, initially claimed to Ukraine's 20th Separate UAV Regiment that they had come to Russia for work, with one claiming "to make shampoo" and the other claiming "to fix teeth." However, they later admitted that they had signed contracts to join Russia's fight in Ukraine in exchange for 1.1 million rubles ($13,000), which is way less than Russian citizens are earning but still substatial for people from developing countries such as Cameroon and reports...
  • In its attacks on Houthis, the United States is missing the Russian connection

    03/22/2025 4:15:42 AM PDT · by bert · 18 replies
    Jerusalem Post ^ | MARCH 21, 2025 | JONATHAN SPYER
    BEHIND THE LINES: The US administration appears to fail to notice the broader alliance taking shape behind these forces, and the interconnectedness of the current assault on the West. The statement by US President Donald Trump that Iran would be held responsible for continued attacks by the Yemeni Houthi movement on shipping in the Red Sea sharply raises the temperature in the ongoing escalation between US forces and the Yemeni Shi’ite Islamist movement in that area. “Every shot fired by the Houthis will be looked upon, from this point forward, as being a shot fired from the weapons and leadership...
  • Russia tricks Yemeni men to fight in Ukraine under Houthi scheme

    11/25/2024 2:22:17 PM PST · by Timber Rattler · 30 replies
    Fox News.com ^ | November 25, 2024 | Caitlin McFall and Nana Sajaia
    Russia is recruiting hundreds of Yemeni men to fight in its war in Ukraine by luring them to Russia under false pretenses in coordination with the Houthi terrorist network, a report by the Financial Times found. The Yemeni recruits who were transferred to Russia under a "shadowy trafficking operation" were originally told they would receive high-paying jobs and Russian citizenship. However, after arriving with the help of a Houthi-linked company, many have apparently been coerced into the Russian military, forced to sign fighting contracts at gunpoint and sent to the front lines in Ukraine.