Pressure mounts on Zim over Ukraine war

ZIMBABWE is facing mounting pressure to secure concrete assurances from Russia over the recruitment of its citizens for the war against Ukraine after Ghana and Kenya obtained commitments from President Vladimir Putin to stop enlisting their nationals into the Russian military.

These diplomatic developments have exposed a growing regional crisis with African governments increasingly engaging Moscow directly to halt recruitment, establish the fate of missing citizens and facilitate the return of those deployed to the battlefield.

Ghana’s President John Mahama reportedly secured Putin’s commitment that Ghanaians will no longer be recruited into the Russian military whether through irregular channels or voluntary enlistment following discussions on the sidelines of the Third Russia-Africa Summit in Moscow on  October 30.

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