Russia is recruiting African women to make drones to use in Ukraine. Here’s what you need to know

Four women described long shifts of up to 12 hours, with haphazard days off, but some suggested they could tolerate the work if they could send money home.

About 200 women ages 18 to 22 from across Africa have been recruited to work in a factory alongside Russian vocational students assembling thousands of Iranian-designed attack drones to be launched into Ukraine.