#Kharkiv region
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![“You Come Here to Kill People for Money”: Captured Bosnian POW on Joining the Russian Army]( "“You Come Here to Kill People for Money”: Captured Bosnian POW on Joining the Russian Army")
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![Photo of Amira Barkhush]( "Photo of Amira Barkhush")
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- War in Ukraine
Selver Hrustic, callsign Serb, from Bosnia and Herzegovina, thought joining the Russian army was his way out of legal trouble in Europe. They promised him a lawyer after serving in the Russian army. Then, he was sent on a deadly mission in Ukraine. “You are people who signed contracts to kill other people for money,” said the Russians.![Ukrainian military truck rides through Kupiansk, Ukraine, December 25, 2024. (Source: Getty Images)]( "Ukrainian military truck rides through Kupiansk, Ukraine, December 25, 2024. (Source: Getty Images)")
![“Don’t Believe Russia”: Iraqi Man Forced Into Russian Army Warns Others]( "“Don’t Believe Russia”: Iraqi Man Forced Into Russian Army Warns Others")
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![Photo of Amira Barkhush]( "Photo of Amira Barkhush")
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- War in Ukraine
Waddah Khaled Kareem came to Russia for a job; instead, he was beaten into a military contract he couldn’t read and sent on a 26-hour mission through industrial pipelines with a single magazine of ammunition.![A vehicle burns after being hit during a Russian strike in the Kharkiv region, Ukraine on January 13, 2026. (Photo: State Emergency Service)]( "Russian Strikes Kill Four, Injure Ten in Kharkiv Region as Drones and Missiles Hit Civilian Areas")
![Russian Strike on Dnipro Power Plant Causes Major Outages, Disrupting Water, Communications, and Transport]( "Russian Strike on Dnipro Power Plant Causes Major Outages, Disrupting Water, Communications, and Transport")
![Illustrative image. Russian troops crawling in the pipeline near Sudzha, Kursk region, Russia. (Photo: open source)]( "Illustrative image. Russian troops crawling in the pipeline near Sudzha, Kursk region, Russia. (Photo: open source)")
-f88628fa403b11af0b72ec7b062ce954.jpeg "Photo of Amira Barkhush")
-af08053264d128e8de52a76c0135ace4.png "“Don’t Believe Russia”: Iraqi Man Forced Into Russian Army Warns Others")
