Overview
- Kenyan foreign minister Musalia Mudavadi announced the reported halt after talks with Sergei Lavrov in Moscow.
- Russia’s foreign minister said recruits join as volunteers in line with Russian law and stated that cases raising Kenyan concerns are being examined.
- Tagesspiegel reported Lavrov’s claim that those who signed contracts can terminate them before their scheduled end.
- A Kenyan intelligence report says more than 1,000 Kenyans were recruited to fight in Ukraine, while Ukrainian authorities report over 1,780 Africans from 36 countries in Russian ranks.
- Recent media investigations, including by AFP, described Kenyans sent to the front with minimal training, and Kenyan authorities have shut several recruiting agencies and charged one intermediary.