Russland rekrutiert im Jemen Soldaten

Russland geht im Krieg gegen die Ukraine die Soldaten aus, denn in den Blutmühlen seiner Offensive sterben Monat für Monat Zehntausende oder werden schwer verletzt.

Nordkorea "liefert" nun ganz offiziell Nachschub, anderswo versucht Russland neues Kanonenfutter zu rekrutieren, etwa in verschiedenen arabischen Staaten. Nun intensiviert der Kreml via die Achse Moskau-Teheran nicht nur seine Kontakte zu den Houthi Milizen, sondern nutzt sie offenbar auch zu diesem Zweck:

Russia has recruited hundreds of Yemeni mercenaries to fight in Ukraine, the Financial Times reported Sunday, in a move that raises concerns over Moscow’s deepening ties with Yemen’s Houthi rebels. 

According to Yemeni nationals interviewed by the newspaper, they were promised high-paying jobs and even Russian citizenship. However, upon arriving in Russia with the help of Houthi-linked organizations, they were forced to enlist in the Russian army and sent to the front lines in Ukraine.

This recruitment follows earlier reports of Moscow enlisting fighters from Nepal and India, as well as receiving some 12,000 North Korean troops amid manpower shortages in its nearly three-year war in Ukraine. (...)

Maged Almadhaji, head of the Sana'a Center for Strategic Studies, a Yemen-focused think-tank, told the Financial Times that the shipments of mercenaries to Russia are organized by the Houthis themselves in an effort to tighten and expand ties with Moscow. 

Farea al Muslimi, a Gulf affairs expert, added that only a few of the Yemeni mercenaries sent to Russia have any training, and many do not want to go: “One thing Russia needs is soldiers, and it’s clear the Houthis are recruiting [for them]. Yemen is a pretty easy place to recruit. It is a very poor country.”
The newspaper reported obtaining contracts signed by Yemeni recruits, bearing the name of a company identified as a tourism and medical equipment transport company, owned by a prominent Houthi politician. Its investigation indicates that the recruitment of Yemeni soldiers began as early as July.