FT: Russia recruits Yemeni mercenaries to fight in Ukraine

Russia's recruitment of Yemeni men highlights deepening ties with the Houthi rebel group. Promised high-paying jobs, many recruits were deceived, forcibly inducted into Russia's military, and sent to Ukraine's frontlines.

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By Charles Clover and Andrew England in London and Christopher Miller in Kyiv

Mysterious Houthi-linked company duping men into joining Moscow's war machine ___STEADY_PAYWALL___