Dominican men fighting for Russia were duped into fighting Ukraine war, beg for rescue

Three men from the Dominican Republic are begging to be rescued from Russia, where they claimed they were lured by false promises of jobs — and then sent to the battlefield in the war with Ukraine.In a video posted on social media last week, the three unnamed men alleged they were conscripted in the Russian military and sent to the front lines of the four-year-old war.“We were deceived, contrary to what is being said, that we came here knowing what we were getting into,” one of the soldiers said.“That’s a lie.

We were brought here under an employment contract – to work.”Dominican nationals are required by law to seek permission from the government if they wish to join another country’s armed forces and could lose their citizenship if they do so without approval.The Dominican men did not reveal when they first arrived or how long they have been in Russia; what, if any, training they had received; how they were recruited, or how much they were paid.They also didn’t share what jobs they thought they would be doing in Russia.One of the soldiers described the grim reality of life on the battlefield, alleging the Russians have treated them as “slaves” as they face drone attacks by Ukrainian forces.“When those people send us to the front, there are drones that show no mercy to anyone,” he said.

“When one of them crashes into you – boom! It blows you to bits, shredding you into tiny, bite-sized pieces.”The Dominican men claimed that on average, only two out every 100 soldiers survive their missions.One of the soldiers said in the video that fighters from Perú, Panamá and India already were pulled out from Russia and repatriated to their home countries.Panama’s Foreign Relations Ministry was able to arrange the return of 17 Panamanians, including 11 who fought on the Russian side, while Peru has managed the return of 50 of it citizens, including four young men who escaped a Russian training center.The Indian government has ensured the r...