Cuban authorities said Havana had uncovered 'human-trafficking operations aimed for military recruitment' allegedly directed from Russia.
Cuban authorities claim to have uncovered a human-trafficking network operating from Russia that seeks to hire Cubans as mercenaries to fight in Ukraine, with the Caribbean nation's foreign ministry saying it intends to dismantle the operation and denying any role as an"accomplice" in Moscow's war.
Russian authorities have reportedly been looking abroad for fresh troops in recent months. Moscow is said to be recruiting among central Asian migrants already in Russia, offering high wages and a fast-track to citizenship that may also entice more of their compatriots to migrate.
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