A Cuban teenager was offered a job doing 'construction work' in Russia. Instead he was sent to fight on the front lines in Ukraine.

• A Cuban teenager accepted a job offer to do construction work for the Russian military.
• Instead, he was sent to fight on the front lines of the war in Ukraine, TIME reported.
• The US State Department said it is "deeply concerned" that young Cubans are being deceived.

A Cuban teenager unwittingly found himself on the front lines of the war in Ukraine after accepting a job offer he received on WhatsApp to do "construction work" for the Russian military, according to TIME magazine.