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Dosseh K. route, a young Togolese forcibly enlisted in the Russian army and taken prisoner in Ukraine

A Russian army fighter taken prisoner by Ukrainian forces in November 2024. Florent Vergnes / AFP

He wears a navy blue combination and just nods to signify that he understands his interlocutor. Since he was captured, Dosseh K. has learned a few from Ukrainian but it was in that he answers questions from Dmytro Karpenko, a Ukrainian specializing in combatant interviews. “I am a prisoner of war because I fought for ”, he said in of the camera.

The 27 -year -old Togolese student, who has been since February, resurfaced on YouTube in March in a video broadcast by two journalists who document the events that during the conflict. The , in the name of “Apostle Dmytro Karpenko”, aims to carry out interviews with captive Russian soldiers and briefly tell their story. Dosseh K. describes his commitment to the Russian army there. A forced rallying, he says.

In a on April 30, the Togolese Foreign Ministry confirmed that several nationals of the West country had been “Captured and detained” by the Ukrainian armed forces. There “Majority of these compatriots, in particular students, would have left Togo as part of alleged scholarships offered by structures presenting themselves as based in Russia”added the press release.

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