12/28/2023 – Russia Planning Mercenary Recruitment Expedition in Africa

Russia is currently recruiting soldiers and officers in the Kursk region to create a so-called “African Corps” to replace the Wagner PMC.

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From: Kyiv Post

Russia is preparing an expedition to Africa to search for and train mercenaries to participate in its war against Ukraine.

According to the National Resistance Center, Russia is currently conductinga recruitment campaign in the Kursk region, where it expects to recruit 50 to 100 soldiers and officers to fill the so-called “African Corps.”

The corps is being created as a replacement for Wagner Private Military Company mercenaries who also operated in Africa and were sent to fight for Russia in Ukraine.

Activity to boost the contingent through training and retraining of mercenaries is being planned in Burkina Faso, West Africa.

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