Home
Storia in 4 fonti
Ghana foreign minister: 55 nationals killed fighting in Ukraine
ACCRA: Ghana’s foreign minister said Friday that 55 Ghanaians had been killed while fighting in Ukraine, among hundreds of Africans said to have been lured to fight there for Russia. “We were informed that 272 Ghanaians are believed to have been lured into battle since 2022 for which an estimated 55 have been killed and 2 captured as prisoners of war,” minister Sam Okudzeto Ablakwa said on X. He called the news “depressing and frightening,” speaking after meeting with his Ukrainian counterpart in Kyiv. “We cannot turn a blind eye to these heartbreaking statistics.
- ·
aljazeera.com
Ukraine alleges Russia enlists more than 1,700 Africans to fight
Ghana's foreign minister says many of the Africans are victims of deception, lured by the promise of jobs.
- ·
bbc.com
At least 55 Ghanaians killed in Russia-Ukraine war, Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa says
This is the highest number of confirmed casualties from a single African country in the Ukraine-Russia war.
