The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine has issued a stern warning to Batswana youth against becoming pawns in Russia’s ongoing military aggression in Ukraine, following reports that two young men from Botswana may have been lured into the conflict under deceptive pretenses.
Ukraine expressed deep concern over the alleged recruitment of the two youths, aged nineteen and twenty, who reportedly believed they were signing up for a short-term military training program in Russia. Instead, they were allegedly drawn into active combat on the frontlines of a war widely condemned by the international community.
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