Malick Diop, a Senegalese student, reappeared in a video published by the official channel of the 1st corps of the National Guard of Ukraine, “Azov”. He testifies to his fraudulent enlistment in the Russian army and the conditions that led to his capture on Ukrainian territory. This is the second media appearance of Malick Diop since his disappearance. His family had not heard from him since his first public appearance on 24 April 2025, in a video in which he discussed, after his arrest, his engagement in the Russian army for financial reasons. In this new interview of the official channel of the 1st corps of the National Guard of Ukraine, the young Senegalese man explains that he had come to Russia as a student. According to him, everything changed when a man approached him in a shopping center in Nizhny Novgorod to offer him a “work” in the kitchen, without direct military implication. Malick says he was convinced by the promise of a monthly salary of 800 000 roubles.
Captured in Ukraine, the Senegalese Malick Diop resurfaced in a video of the Ukrainian army
