Feb. 19 (UPI) -- More than 1,000 Kenyans and other Africans have been deployed by Russia to fight in Ukraine after being recruited by "rogue" agencies that some accuse of human trafficking, a Kenyan intelligence report indicates.
Kenya's National Intelligence Service on Wednesday reported the number of Kenyans deployed by the Russian military rose from more than 200 in November to more than 1,000 now.
The report indicates at least 89 of those deployed in Russia were serving on the front lines. At least one has died and others have returned to Kenya with injuries or mental trauma.
Kimani Ichung'wah, majority leader of the Kenyan Parliament, blamed a network of corrupt state officials whom he accused of cooperating with human traffickers to provide the Russian military with Kenyans to fight in Ukraine.
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