Ukraine captures first Indonesian POW amid Russian recruitment surge from Southeast Asia

Ukraine reports capturing its first Indonesian prisoner of war, a 49-year-old from Java, who was recruited by Russia and deployed to Zaporizhzhia before being captured after a drone attack. This marks a notable expansion of Russia's foreign recruitment efforts into Southeast Asia, following reports of hundreds of Indonesians being recruited. The incident underscores Russia's growing reliance on foreign fighters to sustain its war effort, though the scale and motivations of such recruitment remain partially unverified.

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