Central Asians are being persuaded to work and settle in occupied Ukrainian territories.
Hundreds of Migrant Workers from various former Soviet Central Asian Republics are being hired by Russian firms to collect dead bodies, dig trenches and engage in construction work, often very close to war zones. Some have reportedly been killed or wounded. Some issues have apparently arisen over apparent deception regarding the safety and security of the work, lack of promised pay and the inability to leave Ukraine if dissatisfied with their work. Apparently Russian Women Convicts are also being persuaded to work in Ukraine in exchange for having their criminal records expunged and/or payment.
Hundreds of Central Asian migrants work in Russian-occupied Ukrainian territories, digging trenches, collecting dead bodies, and repairing war-ravaged buildings. Their governments have warned them not to go to Ukraine, and Kyiv says they are seen as accomplices of the invaders.
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Reportedly around forty thousand Russians, largely of Central Asian ethnicity, are being persuaded to resettle in cities like Mariupol which had a prewar population of over 400,000 and now currently has a population of about a tenth of that.
Throughout Mariupol, Russian workers are tearing down bombed-out buildings at a rate of at least one a day, hauling away shattered bodies with the debris.
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