The Russian Embassy in Kenya has dismissed claims that it is recruiting Kenyan citizens to fight in the war in Ukraine. In a statement released on Thursday, February 19, 2026, the embassy accused parts of the local media of spreading a misleading narrative about Kenyans who traveled to Russia and ended up in combat.
“The Embassy of the Russian Federation has noted with great concern that a dangerous and misleading propaganda campaign has been unfolding in the Kenyan media and public space around cases of Kenyan citizens who travelled to the Russian Federation, joined the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, and saw combat in the conflict in Ukraine,” the statement read.
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