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Ghana says Putin agreed not to recruit Ghanaians for the war in Ukraine
The Kremlin, Moscow
Third Russia-Africa summit
Ghana's foreign minister, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, said Vladimir Putin made the pledge when he met President John Dramani Mahama in the Kremlin on Oct 30, at the third Russia-Africa summit.
“This ban covers all circumstances of participation, both through illegal recruitment and on one's own initiative,” Ablakwa wrote on Facebook.
— Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, Ghana's foreign minister
Foreigners recruited by Russia, per Ukraine
28,000 foreigners
Russia has recruited more than 28,000 foreigners from 135 countries, and more than 5,000 of them have died in the war, according to Ukraine's government.
Background
A UN commission of inquiry has accused Russia of human trafficking for luring foreign fighters to the front, and Kenya has asked Kyiv to treat its captured citizens as trafficking victims.
