Russia Agrees to Stop Recruiting Kenyans for War on Ukraine
People wait for a train on a platform in front of a fire in a residential area caused by a Russian missile strike in Brovary, Ukraine on March 14.
Photographer: Yan Dobronosov/Global Images Ukraine/Getty ImagesRussia agreed to stop enlisting Kenyans to fight in the Kremlin’s war on Ukraine amid mounting concern among a number of African countries about their citizens being recruited to the conflict.
“I want to make clear that we have now agreed that Kenyans shall not be enlisted through the Ministry of Defense,” Musalia Mudavadi, Kenya’s prime cabinet secretary, said on Monday in Moscow alongside Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. “They will no longer be eligible for enlisting and special operations.”