Aida Grovestins
@aidagrovestins.bsky.social
Freelance correspondent West and Central Africa @Trouw; (video-) journalist with bylines in @RTLNieuws @NOS @degroene @AlJazeera @DeutscheWelle @ElPais @Mongabay. Based in Dakar, Senegal
On a student grant, the bright 25-year-old Senegalese Malick Diop studied in Russia for two years before being deployed -under false pretenses- to the Ukrainian front. He is one of many foreign recruits used as cannon fodder by the Russian army.
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September 13, 2025 at 5:45 PM
On a student grant, the bright 25-year-old Senegalese Malick Diop studied in Russia for two years before being deployed -under false pretenses- to the Ukrainian front. He is one of many foreign recruits used as cannon fodder by the Russian army.
Read 👇📷
www.trouw.nl/buitenland/m...
Read 👇📷
www.trouw.nl/buitenland/m...