Nairobi – The scars on Victor’s forearm remind him constantly of the day a Ukrainian drone attacked him after he was forcibly conscripted, like hundreds of young Kenyans, into the Russian military.
It was a war that had nothing to do with him and which he was exceptionally lucky to survive.
Four Kenyans — Victor, Mark, Erik and Moses — recounted the web of deception that took them to the killing fields of Ukraine. Their names have been changed for fear of reprisals.
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