Kenya suffers Russia's exploitation in the 4th year of war against Ukraine

Tributes lie partially covered in snow at a makeshift memorial to fallen Ukrainian and foreign soldiers in Independence Square in Kyiv on February 23, 2026, as the conflict with Russia reaches its four-year mark. [AFP]

When Moscow’s mission in Nairobi spoke in defense of its record, against what it referred to as accusations of taking part in shipping Kenyans to their deaths in its war against Ukraine, it was introducing a new dimension in the debate of exploitation which has reared its head during the fourth year of Russia’s war against Ukraine.