As Russia’s foreign recruits rush to get in formation and prepare for another gruelling day of drills, a distinct English accent cuts through the military training base.
The latest intake of mercenaries from Africa has been recruited to bolster Moscow‘s war machine and replenish its ranks after staggering losses in Ukraine.
Dressed in camouflage fatigues, the foreign fighters aged anywhere between 20 and 50 find themselves crammed on to wooden benches inside a makeshift briefing room where they are put through a crash course in modern warfare.
And the man preparing them for the Russian meat grinder by drilling them on infantry tactics?
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