NYT: Growing number of African men sign up for civilian jobs in Russia and end up on the Ukrainian front line
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James Kamau Ndungu, a 32-year-old unemployed Kenyan, told only a few friends in mid-2025 that he had been promised a day-laborer job in Russia, the New York Times reports. In June he sent friends a photo from Istanbul Airport, saying he was in transit. A few weeks later another photo arrived — this time he was in fatigues, holding a gun. By August he wrote that he was in a trench in Ukraine, told friends things
James Kamau Ndungu, a 32-year-old unemployed Kenyan, told only a few friends in mid-2025 that he had been promised a day-laborer job in Russia, the New York Times reports. In June he sent friends a photo from Istanbul Airport, saying he was in transit. A few weeks later another photo arrived — this time he was in fatigues, holding a gun. By August he wrote that he was in a trench in Ukraine, told friends things
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