Andrzej Łomanowski: Rzeczpospolita: ‘Where are the mercenaries fighting against Ukraine’‘On the front in Ukraine, thousands of Cubans and mercenaries from another countries of the Global South are fighting. According to various sources, Russia could recruit between 5 and 20,000 Cubans, tempting them with advanced earnings and the promise of citizenship. any went to war by trickery, others voluntarily. Despite the authoritative ban on recruiting Cubans, the number of combatants is increasing, and many of them have died or been taken prisoner.”