The Foreign Ministry of Colombia announced on Thursday that, through information obtained from both Ukraine and Russia, it estimated that nearly 1,000 Colombian citizens were missing “in the context of” the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and another 256 were confirmed dead, fighting on both sides.
\n\nColombia is one of the most active non-primary combatants in the Russian invasion of Ukraine. On the Ukrainian side, authorities have organized a military unit to incorporate foreign nationals who volunteered to serve against Russia, in which Colombians have been highlighted as a significant percentage of the population.
\n\nIn Russia, reports of Colombians joining the armed forces have a markedly different tenor, as these tend to be men who answered advertisements online for jobs in “security” and other vague descriptions, many of them allegedly not in Russia, and found themselves forced into signing contracts with the Russian army. Families in Colombia – as well as countries such as Peru, Cuba, India, and Zambia – have condemned the Russian government for deceiving their relatives into fighting against Ukraine.
\n\n“According to reports received through diplomatic and consular channels, 256 deaths have been registered and 973 reports of disappearances of Colombian citizens in the context of the conflict…
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