Nigeria, Feb. 13 -- The Ukrainian government says it has identified two Nigerian nationals who died while fighting for Russia in the ongoing war between the two Eastern European countries.

In the statement issued on Thursday, Ukraine's Military Intelligence said the corpses of the Nigerians, identified as Hamzat Kolawole and Mbah Udoka, were found in the Luhansk region in eastern Ukraine.

It said the Nigerians joined the Russian army in mid to late 2025, after signing a contract with the country. But neither of them received any military training before deployment to the front line.

"Udoka received no training whatsoever - just five days later, on October 3, he was assigned to the unit and sent to the temporarily occupied territories o...