Update! : According to @Tuukka R, Somalians have been spotted and @pdqcp shared a link that states that mercs from at least 48 countries have reported for Ruzz recruitment center in Moscow as per march 2025.

Add: They are normally lied to by enrollment people, to get a Russian student's visa and or for menial-, maintenance-, or campwork. Promised like us$ 2000 - 3000 per month, which in their currency is lots of money. Then send to the frontlines within a week, where their lifeexpectancy is max 3 weeks or so.

[–] Tuuktuuk@piefed.ee 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Africa: Cameroon and 2 other countries?

Seen several occurrences of Somalians fighting for the Russia.

[–] HowRu68@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I don't really know, hence the question.

Info hasn't been great , but according to this other comment there were people from 48 countries. Updated my comment tnx.

[–] pdqcp@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

In Apr/25, at least 48 countries based on a leak from Moscow's medical database, see:

https://istories.media/en/stories/2025/04/23/mercenaries/
https://archive.is/Fik9J

[–] HowRu68@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Great info article tnx. Updated