Overview
- Hamzat Kazeen Kolawole, 42, and Mbah Stephen Udoka, 37, were found dead in Luhansk, according to Ukraine’s Defence Intelligence.
- Both men served in Russia’s 423rd Guards Motor Rifle Regiment (unit 91701) of the 4th Kantemirovskaya Guards Tank Division.
- Contracts were signed in 2025—Kolawole on August 29 and Udoka on September 28—per documents released by Ukrainian intelligence.
- Udoka received no training and was sent to occupied Ukrainian territory five days after signing; Kolawole likely had no training documented.
- DIU said both were killed in late November by a drone strike during an assault and issued a warning to foreigners, noting recent findings of two Kenyan fighters near Lyman.