African men lured to Russia for work end up on front lines of Ukraine | ABC NEWS

Nearly four years after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Moscow is turning to Africa to help bolster its front line. African men have told the ABC they were lured to Russia with the promise of a well-paying job, only to find they had been recruited to serve in its military. Evans Kibet says he was tricked by a recruiter into signing a contract for what he thought was an expenses-paid athletics event. Subscribe: http://ab.co/1svxLVE Read more here: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-1... ABC NEWS provides around the clock coverage of news events as they break in Australia and abroad. It's news when you want it, from Australia's most trusted news organisation. For more from ABC NEWS, click here: https://ab.co/2kxYCZY Watch more ABC NEWS content ad-free on ABC iview: https://ab.co/2OB7Mk1 Go deeper on our ABC NEWS In-depth channel: https://ab.co/2lNeBn2 Like ABC NEWS on Facebook:   / abcnews.au   Follow ABC NEWS on Instagram:   / abcnews_au   Follow ABC NEWS on X (Twitter):   / abcnews   Note: In most cases, our captions are auto-generated. #ABCNEWS #ABCNEWSAustralia