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A Kenyan athlete captured in Ukraine claims he was forced into joining the Russian army while visiting the country.

The man, who identified only as Evans, was captured by Ukrainian soldiers on the Vovchansk front in Kharkiv Oblast.

Evans has said he was ‘tricked’ into joining the Russian army while visiting the nation as a tourist.

‘I ended up in Russia without knowing that I had been enlisted in the Russian army. I didn’t want a military job. I had never served before’, he said in an interview with the 57th Motorised Infantry Brigade of the Ukrainian army.

The athlete said his host in Russia offered him a ‘job’ a day before the end of his two week visit.

They gave

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