In La Federal, for example, all nine recruits identified by Reuters signed up to fight in the war.
"We are deeply concerned by reports alleging young Cubans have been deceived and recruited to fight for Russia," the spokesperson said.
In La Federal, word of the army work began to spread in June, according to the residents interviewed.
The first line of the message states: "This is a contract with the Russian military by which you receive citizenship."
He stressed that the people who signed up in La Federal knew they would be going to fight.
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