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Yurii Tokar: Russia deployed Kenyans to death zone

Yurii Tokar: Russia deployed Kenyans to death zone

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Waihiga Mwaura speaks to Ukraine ambassador about claims Kenyans deployed to front line

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“Russians collected all Kenyans and did everything for them to go
to the front line, to go to the death zone.”

Waihiga Mwaura speaks to Yurii Tokar the Ukraine ambassador to
Kenya. The Ukrainian claims Russia deliberately deployed many
conscripted Kenyans to the front line of the Russia-Ukraine war
shortly before the Kenyan foreign minister arrived in Moscow with
the intention of stopping recruitment of his countrymen.

The Russian embassy in Kenya did not immediately respond to the
BBC's request for comment. It has previously denied any
Government involvement in the illegal recruitment of Kenyan
citizens. A representative of Kenya's Ministry of Foreign Affairs
told the BBC that "the government is not aware of such
allegations and treats them as possible rumours and propaganda.”

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Presenter: Waihiga Mwaura Producer: Cordelia Hemming Editor:
Damon Rose

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(Image: Yurii Tokar. Credit: Getty Images)