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Sep 7, 2026
A GRU Special Forces Soldier Surrendered to Ukraine After His Unit Lost 70% in a Senseless Assault
A serviceman from a special-forces unit of Russia's GRU military intelligence (formally the Main Directorate of the General Staff) has surrendered into Ukrainian captivity through…
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POW Profiles
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POW ProfileSep 6, 2026
Ram Bahadur Khatri from Nepal Joined the Russian Army and Became a Prisoner of War in Ukraine
POW ProfileSep 3, 2026
Purev-Ochir Puntsag from Mongolia Joined the Russian Army and Became a Prisoner of War in Ukraine
POW ProfileAug 30, 2026
Aruna Kuragodage from Sri Lanka Joined the Russian Army and Became a Prisoner of War in Ukraine
Profiles of recruiters who lured foreigners into Russia's army
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Newsfeed
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Sep 5, 2026
American Seth Baker Died Fighting for Russia in 2024 - It Took Two Years for Them to Report It
Sep 4, 2026
Allegedly Indonesian Soldier in Russia's Army Films Himself in Kostyantynivka - Jakarta Hasn't Confirmed His Identity
- Sep 4, 2026Peruvian Recruit Says His Thumb Was Cut Off for Refusing to Hand Over His Bank Account
- Sep 3, 2026A Zimbabwean and Two Colombians Were Killed Fighting for Russia in Donetsk Region.
- Sep 2, 2026Russia Is Running Its Predatory Recruitment Playbook Across Five Countries in Latin America - an Analysis
- Sep 1, 2026Jakarta Is Now Investigating Whether They Were Deceived: Ukrainian Intelligence Exposed Eight Indonesian Citizens Recruited Into Russia's Military.
- Sep 1, 2026NTV Kenya: "Stop Thinking About Going to Russia. You Will Go There and You Will Die".
- Aug 31, 2026Days After the First British National Was Confirmed Killed Fighting for Russia, Moscow Paraded Another on State TV as Its Newest Recruit.
- Aug 31, 2026Cameroonian Families Whose Sons Died Fighting for Russia Have No Information on Circumstances or Bodies. A New Civil Society Movement Says That Has to Change.
- Aug 29, 2026A Tajik Man Recruited From a Russian Prison Injured Himself Twice to Escape the Frontline. There Is a Safer Way Out.
- Aug 28, 2026Dennis Ngunga Muthui Left Kitui for a Driver's Job in Russia. Ten Months Later, His Family Still Does Not Know If He Is Alive.
- Aug 28, 2026Ukraine's Foreign Intelligence Service Identified Eight Indonesians Recruited Into Russia's Army.
- Aug 27, 2026From the Far Left to the Manosphere: How Russia Recruits Foreign Influencers to Sell Its Military - and Why the Tate Brothers Are Now Under UK Counterterrorism Scrutiny.
- Aug 27, 2026A $58 Fine for Illegal Stay, a Detention Centre, and an Ultimatum - Sign a Military Contract or Leave Russia - Is How Moldovan Victor Tabyrtsya Ended Up Dead in Kharkiv.
- Aug 26, 2026One of 30 Bangladeshis Sent to Russia as Workers and Forced to Fight Was Sent Home. At Least Four of the Group Are Dead.
- Aug 25, 2026The FCDO Has Confirmed the Death of the First British National Killed While Fighting for Russia.
- Aug 25, 2026DW Africa Link Covered Cameroonian Recruitment Into Russia's Military. Here Are the Key Takeaways.
- Aug 22, 2026South Africa Is Better at Investigating Russian Recruitment Than at Preventing It. A Policy Analyst Mapped Five Reforms to Fix That.
Investigations
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Aug 26, 2026
Danish Researchers Went Into Ukrainian POW Camps to Interview Russia's Foreign Fighters. Here Is What They Found.
- Ex-Cops, Tourist Visas, and Two Weeks With a Gun. The Star Traced Kenya's Russia Recruitment Pipeline.Aug 25, 2026
- EUvsDisinfo Investigated Russia's Global Foreign Recruitment Pipeline. Here Is What They Found.Aug 19, 2026
- Russia Won't Tell Kenyan Families Whether Their Sons Are Alive. A Shadowy Russian Network Will - For 30%.Aug 18, 2026
Legal Actions
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Aug 30, 2026
Ghana Demanded Russia Stop. Zambia Has Not Spoken Since 2022. A New Analysis Rates How African Governments Are Responding to the Recruitment of Their Citizens.
- Botswana Stopped Eight Citizens at Three Airports Before They Could Board Flights to Russia's War. Twenty-Two Have Already Been Recruited.Aug 24, 2026
- Uzbek Citizen Jailed for Fighting in Russia's War in UkraineAug 9, 2026
- 51 Indians Dead Fighting for Russia. India's Supreme Court Has Ordered the Government to Help Their Families.Aug 3, 2026