NAIROBI, Kenya, June 24 – Foreign and Diaspora Affairs Cabinet Secretary Alfred Mutua has expressed Kenya’s concern on attacks by Wagner mercenaries in Russia during discussions with Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.
During the talks, Lavrovho indicated that the government is in control and “everything will be fine.”
“I have just spoken to Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov about the current news of attacks by a mercenary group. He has updated me of the situation & informed me that the Russian government is in control & “everything will be fine”. I have told him of our concern and wish,” Mutua stated on his twitter account.
The concern has been the number of Kenyans living in Russia which might be affected due to the ongoing attacks in the region.
President Vladimir Putin on Saturday described efforts by the Wagner military group to unseat the country’s top brass as a “deadly threat” to Russia and urged the country to unite.
“Any internal turmoil is a deadly threat to our statehood and to us as a nation. This is a blow to Russia and to our people,” Putin said in an address broadcast on television, adding: “This battle, when the fate of our people is being decided, requires the unification of all forces and unity.”
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday acknowledged a “difficult” situation was unfolding in the southern city of Rostov-on-Don, where the Wagner mercenary group has taken control of key military sites in an effort to oust Russian military’s top brass.
“There will be decisive measures taken on stabilising the situation in Rostov-on-Don,” Putin said in an address to Russians. “It remains difficult and the work of civil and military authorities in fact is being blocked.”
