Kenya's Foreign Minister Musalia Mudavadi announced an agreement with Russia to cease the enlistment of Kenyan citizens into the Russian military for the conflict in Ukraine. This diplomatic breakthrough came after talks in Moscow with his Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov, addressing concerns about Kenyans reportedly fighting alongside Russian forces. While Russia maintained that enlistment was voluntary, Kenyan officials had previously flagged a significant number of their citizens participating and expressed a commitment to halt recruitment facilitated by alleged human trafficking networks. Mudavadi underscored the importance of the broader Kenya-Russia partnership beyond the Ukraine conflict, with Lavrov noting Russia is investigating cases of concern.