Elie Afghan commando unit trained by Britain 'approached by Russia over Whatsapp' to fight in Ukraine
Some 20,000-30,000 soldiers in the Afghanistan National Army Commando Corps have been sent messages over WhatsApp and Signal by Russian army recruiters, according to the Foreign Policy website, which has spoken to the troops.
Putin's relatives 'fear for his health amid constant coughing and weight loss and fear elites will turn on him' And about 10,000 of them could reportedly be "receptive" to joining the invasion of Ukraine because they have been left "jobless" by the UK and US withdrawing from Afghanistan, and "have nothing to lose".
They also now believe they have little chance of being resettled in Western countries and now have "no country", with Afghanistan ruled by the hostile Taliban. Some commandos have been resettled in the UK, and there were calls last year to reform them into a unit of the British army, similar to the Gurkhas.The organisation thought to be recruiting the Afghan soldiers is the Wagner Group, a shadowy private Russian military corps that works in tandem with the regular army.
"The only entity that recruits foreign troops [for Russia] are Wagner Group, not their army. It’s not an assumption; it’s a known fact."