00:00This man's only son died as a foreign fighter in Russia's war against Ukraine.
00:05He came and told me, Dad, I've secured a job in Russia.
00:10Oskar, a former Kenyan soldier, left his home country in 2025.
00:14This photo which he sent home revealed the truth about his job.
00:18A few weeks later, he was killed on the front lines.
00:22His father had feared this would happen.
00:25I told him it was very dangerous for him to go to that place.
00:30Because he will end up in the armed forces.
00:33Russia is bringing foreign men into the country for its war against Ukraine.
00:37According to Ukrainian intelligence, more than 27,000 foreigners have been recruited to fight in Russian units.
00:44Often they're from vulnerable communities across the world.
00:48Many survive only a few weeks on the front lines, like Oskar.
00:52I didn't believe that he was dead at that time. I didn't believe.
00:57I still have difficulties up to now.
01:04Oskar's family waited for a month for his buddy to come home, but nothing happened.
01:09They held a funeral anyway, without his buddy.
01:12There's been talk of compensation, but for us, I don't think any amount of money will be able to erase
01:20the pain that we have.
01:21A pain that is shared by hundreds of families in Kenya.
01:25Which war is this?
01:26How does it connect with us?
01:29Leave alone Africa.
01:30It isn't our Kenyan war.
01:32This is something that they should pay for dearly.
01:35For having taken our sons, Africans, to fight for them.
01:41For their own war.
