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A young Equatorial Guinean said he thought he was recruited to be trained as bodyguard, but was sent to the front line in the war with Ukraine
Daniel Angel Masie Nchama had no idea what he was getting into when Russian recruiters sent the young man from Equatorial Guinea into battle in war-ravaged Ukraine.“I realized we were at the front when a missile struck us,” he said.Now back home at his parents’ modest house in the capital, Malabo, the 22-year-old former tech student recalled the freezing cold, hunger, fear and finally, flight — achieved with the help of his country’s diplomatic efforts.
Ukrainian rescuers work at the site of a Russian attack on a building in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, on Monday, amid the ongoing Russian invasion.
Dreaming of finding a life abroad, he was convinced by a Cameroonian named “Fabrice” to head to Russia.He left in December last year, believing he was going to undergo military training, with the promise of work as a bodyguard.
