❗️Bloomberg reports Russia is widening military recruitment across Africa, including Madagascar for the first time.

❗️Bloomberg reports Russia is widening military recruitment across Africa, including Madagascar for the first time. A Ukrainian intelligence presentation says Moscow recruited 699 men from Burundi and 530 from Zimbabwe in the first nine months of 2026, while recruitment also expanded in Sierra Leone and other states. Ukraine says Russia increasingly targets poorer countries with limited press freedom and weak judicial systems.