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Soldiers from the 63rd Separate Mechanized Brigade captured a Ugandan mercenary near Lyman in the Donetsk region. The brigade shared a video of the captured individual, identified as Richard, who claimed to have traveled to Russia to escape poverty under the pretense of a job in a supermarket.

Upon arrival, he and three others were forced into the Russian army and made to sign contracts at gunpoint. The brigade noted an increase in encounters with dark-skinned Russian mercenaries since autumn, many of whom were unarmed and lacked identification.