Imported Cuban soldiers fighting with the Russian army in Ukraine are posting large amounts of publicly visible war propaganda on the social  network VKontakte and sharing photos of group outings to local bars, a recent report revealed.

Schemes, the Ukrainian subsidiary of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), found hundreds of Cubans sharing photos from locations in Ukraine and Russia, showing off their uniforms and proclaiming themselves “Nazi” fighters. The Russian government launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 under the pretense that the government of Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, was a “Nazi” entity that needed to be eliminated. Speaking to the Miami-based network AméricaTeVe on Monday, Schemes journalist Valeria Yehoshyna said it took about a week to compile social media evidence of hundreds of Cuban soldiers in the Ukrainian war theater, promoting their presence on the ground there rather than hiding it.