Tunisian 'Soldiers' Killed on Russo-Ukrainian Front

⚠️ Urgent Information — Flash Radio is following this situation in real time On October 29, 2026, France 24 aired an episode focused on Tunisian families who have not heard from their children who were conscripted into the Russian army to fight on the front with Ukraine. They would be between 1,400 and 3,000 Africans in this situation, coming from Kenya, South Africa, Ghana, Cameroon, or Tunisia, and whose families are now beginning to speak out. ⏱️ 4 min read Facts and recent developments Latif Belhedi The France 24 episode shows families from different regions of Tunisia who have gathered in front of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) to ask for news of their children who disappeared in Russia after being conscripted to fight in Ukraine. 'My son was working in Russia and married a Russian woman. After four years of work, he was conscripted into the army there. After a month, he was on the front at the Ukrainian border,' reports the father of one of these 'soldiers,' Hamadi Ben Kheher, father of Zied Ben Khedher, whose family received a death certificate seven months after his deployment but has not received any further information from the MFA or the Russian Embassy in Tunisia. 'My son was working in Russia and married a Russian woman. After four years of work, he was conscripted into the army there. After a month, he was on the front at the Ukrainian border' 'I can't make back and forth trips but they tell me nothing. I want to know under what circumstances he died and especially, if he died, they should bring me his body' 'I can't make back and forth trips but they tell me nothing. I want to know under what circumstances he died and especially, if he died, they should bring me his body' , recounts Hamadi, the grieving father. In the family home, about sixty kilometers from Tunis, Ha