NAIROBI: The scars on Victor’s forearm remind him constantly of the day a Ukrainian drone attacked him after he was forcibly conscripted, like hundreds of young Kenyans, into the Russian army.
It was a war that had nothing to do with him and which he was exceptionally lucky to survive.
Four Kenyans — Victor, Mark, Erik and Moses — recounted to AFP the web of deception that took them to the killing fields of Ukraine. Their names have been changed for fear of reprisals.
It began with promises of well-paid jobs in Russia from a Nairobi recruitment agency.
Victor, 28, was supposed to be a salesman.
