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Employees walk past refrigerator trucks carrying what is reported to be the bodies of Ukrainian military personnel returned by Russia, at an undisclosed location on January 29, 2026. [AFP]
When Uganda’s military chief, General Muhoozi Kainerugaba, declared his support for Russia and claimed that Ukrainians were killing Africans—and would be killed in Africa—several Ugandans caught up in Russia’s war against Ukraine were desperately trying to escape forced conscription, fearing they would be used as expendable fighters for Moscow.
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