
#African Soldiers
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![Ghana’s FM Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa and Ukraine’s FM Andriy Sybiha lay flowers at Kyiv’s Wall of Remembrance on February 25 in Kyiv, Ukraine. (Source: Getty Images) Ghana’s FM Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa and Ukraine’s FM Andriy Sybiha lay flowers at Kyiv’s Wall of Remembrance on February 25 in Kyiv, Ukraine. (Source: Getty Images)]()
![KamAZ trucks unloaded from a Russian Il-76 military transport aircraft in Madagascar, February 23, 2026. (Source: African Initiative) KamAZ trucks unloaded from a Russian Il-76 military transport aircraft in Madagascar, February 23, 2026. (Source: African Initiative)]()
![Russian KamAZ-53949 “Typhoon-K” armored vehicle drives across open terrain during testing. (Source: Rosoboronexport) Russian KamAZ-53949 “Typhoon-K” armored vehicle drives across open terrain during testing. (Source: Rosoboronexport)]()
![Thousands of Malians gather to celebrate the departure of the French anti-terrorist operation Barkhane, in Bamako, Mali, on February 19, 2022. (Source: Getty Images) Thousands of Malians gather to celebrate the departure of the French anti-terrorist operation Barkhane, in Bamako, Mali, on February 19, 2022. (Source: Getty Images)]()
![Two Kenyan nationals, recruited to the Russian Army stand near a Russian soldier, autumn 2025. (Source: HUR) Two Kenyan nationals, recruited to the Russian Army stand near a Russian soldier, autumn 2025. (Source: HUR)]()
![Russian Army POW Jean Bosco Akimana Russian Army POW Jean Bosco Akimana]()
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- War in Ukraine
“I will say everything as it happened without leaving anything out, unless it's something I have forgotten,” a young African man says while sitting in a room in an undisclosed Ukrainian city. He is a soldier in the Russian army, captured by Ukrainian forces. The POW describes everything that happened to him, from the moment he decided to study in Russia.


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