Report: Russia Now Recruiting Yemen Fighters For Ukraine War [Video]

Financial Times: Recruiting “operation .. highlights the growing links between Moscow and the Houthi” terrorist group. 

After pulling in North Koreans, Russia is reportedly recruiting Yemeni mercenaries to fight in its war against Ukraine, the British newspaper Financial Times reported Sunday.

The Russian military, backed by Yemen’s Houthi Islamic terror group, “recruited hundreds of Yemeni men to fight in Ukraine,” the business daily wrote, citing U.S. officials.

The news comes as President Vladimir Putin seeks to strengthen his bargaining position before U.S. President Donald Trump takes office on January 20.

Russia is increasingly relying on foreign fighters and mercenaries as the war in Ukraine intensifies. According to the U.S. Defense Department, “11,000 to 12,000 North Korean troops” were currently deployed in Russia’s Kurks region, which was invaded by the Ukrainian military in early August in a bid to ease the pressure on its forces facing a Russian offensive in the country’s eastern Donbas region.

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