08/04/2026
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From university to the front: how are Tunisians ending up in the warFrom university to the front: how are Tunisians ending up in the war in ?
Aymen and Montassar went to study in . Neither imagined they would end up enlisted in a that was not theirs.
Arrested and then recruited into the Russian army, their families were left without news.
Since the start of the conflict, at least seven Tunisians are believed to have joined Russian forces, with one confirmed death and several missing.
A trajectory that highlights the fate of young people who left seeking a future and found themselves facing a brutal reality.
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Aymen left for Russia to study. So did Montassar. Neither of them had planned to go to war there. Since then, their families have heard nothing. They are not alone. At least seven Tunisian nationals have been enlisted in the Russian armed forces since the start of the war in Ukraine, according to a....