Ukraine's embassies in some African countries have been told to stop recruiting combat volunteers.
When Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine last month, 27-year-old Nigerian Ottah Abraham was outraged.He was some 8,700km away from the front line, in a small apartment in Nigeria's main city, Lagos.
"I'll probably be allowed to stay if the war ends, plus I'll be a hero and fight an undeniable enemy."Nigerian lawyer and would-be recruit Kereti Usoroh, a Nigerian living in the capital, Abuja, said his motivations for volunteering had nothing to do with financial gain or the prospect of citizenship.
Bohdan Soltys, a Ukrainian embassy official in Nigeria, said they were not paying Africans to fight - and people would have to pay for their own flights to reach Europe.Getty ImagesA British paramedic was pictured crossing into Ukraine on 5 March to join the international legion
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