‘Cannon fodder’ Asians tricked to fight for Russia spur calls for intervention

A report that eight Indonesians were allegedly tricked into fighting for Moscow in its Ukraine" class="entity-link entity-event" data-entity-id="125468" data-entity-type="event">war on Ukraine may be just the tip of the iceberg, analysts warn, cautioning that Southeast Asia’s existing scam networks could already be a hunting ground for Russian fraudsters.Ukraine’s intelligence agency revealed on August 27 that the Indonesians had been lured with promises of well-paid civilian jobs. Jakarta has confirmed it is aware of the case.The agency said Indonesia had become the “latest example” of countries whose nationals were being tricked into filling the ranks of Russia’s depleted forces. “The scheme Moscow uses to seek foreign cannon fodder has already been tested in dozens of other countries,” it warned.