Scammed Into War: Foreign POWs Reveal How Russia Tricked Them to Fight in Ukraine

In this exclusive interview, three captured foreign POWs from Zimbabwe, Bangladesh, and Peru reveal how they were tricked by Russia into fighting in Ukraine.

Captured recently by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, these men expose the false employment promises used by Moscow to lure them into military service. What was promised as an economic opportunity quickly became a nightmare of forced conscription, physical abuse, and financial slavery on the frontline.

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has seen a massive influx of foreign recruits—predominantly from Latin America, Asia, and sub-Saharan Africa—who are increasingly being used as cannon fodder by the Russian military. Watch their first-hand testimonies from inside the war.