US EditionKenya FM slams Russia's use of its citizens as 'cannon fodder', announces visit to Moscow
- On Tuesday, Kenya's Foreign Minister Musalia Mudavadi said he planned to travel to Moscow to stop recruitment of Kenyans for Russia, citing loss of lives though casualties remain unclear.
- Nairobi estimates around 200 Kenyans were recruited through unofficial channels, while Ukrainian intelligence estimates more than 1,400 people from 36 African countries have joined Russia's forces.
- Kenyan authorities say more than 30 evacuated Kenyans, 600 recruitment agencies were shut down, 21 men were rescued in a September police raid, and Mikhail Lyapin, Russian citizen, was expelled.
- Mudavadi said he will pursue the release of Kenyans held as prisoners of war in Ukraine and check on those hospitalized, while repatriated fighters are receiving psychological care; Moscow has denied recruiting foreign fighters and has not commented on the planned visit.
- Policy steps will include visa restrictions and bilateral labour agreements, as Ukraine's ambassador Yurii Tokar warned `They are looking for people for cannon fodder everywhere it is possible.
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On Tuesday, Kenya declared that it was "unacceptable" that its citizens should be deceived to be used as a "cannon chair" by the Russian army. Several hundred Africans, from different countries, were involved. South Africa contacted the Kremlin for the case of its citizens. - "Cannon flesh": African soldiers forcibly enlisted to fight in the Russian (International) army.
Russia attracts Africans with job promises to the Ukraine war.
Kenyan FM Plans Moscow Trip to Stop Russia Recruiting Its Citizens for War in Ukraine
Kenya’s foreign minister, Musalia Mudavadi, said he intends to travel to Moscow in an effort to halt the continued recruitment of Kenyan citizens to fight for Russia in its full-scale war against Ukraine, according to The Moscow Times on February 10. “We have seen loss of lives, and I am planning to make a visit to Moscow so that we can emphasize that is something that needs to be arrested,” Mudavadi told reporters. He did not provide a timeline…
Kenya Condemns Recruitment Of Citizens To Fight For Russia As War Nears Fourth Year (Worthy News Investigation)
by Stefan J. Bos, Worthy News Europe Bureau Chief NAIROBI/MOSCOW/KYIV/BUDAPEST (Worthy News) – Kenya has condemned as “unacceptable” the recruitment of its citizens to fight for Russia in Ukraine, amid reports that several Kenyans have been killed or wounded on the battlefield as the war approaches its fourth anniversary. Foreign Minister Musalia Mudavadi said Kenyan authorities are working to dismantle recruitment networks that lure citizens wi…
Russia is always attracting citizens from African countries to Ukraine. "People are being abused as cannon feed," Kenya's Deputy Foreign Minister denounces. During a Moscow trip, Foreign Minister Mudavadi wants to stop the practice.
Already in November it became known that about 200 Kenyans are fighting for Russia in its war of aggression against Ukraine. Now it is criticised that Moscow lures people into the country under a false pretext.
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