How youth, ex-soldiers are being lured into Russia-Ukraine war

In 2008, American contractor Special Operations Consulting-Security Management Group recruited about 1,500 Ugandans and Sierra Leoneans for combat activities in the Middle East. Many were deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan to back the American and British forces, where some of the hired people died.

Migrant workers boarding plan at Entebbe International Airport. A report by the Institute for Science and International Security think tank based in the US indicated that foreigners, especially young people from developing countries were being recruited to work in the war zones.