Foreign Ministry: Colombian authorities do not encourage mercenaries joining the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. “The Colombian government does not encourage or facilitate this type of activity,” the statement said.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov emphasized that Russia hopes that the Colombian leadership understands the danger of the situation with the participation of Colombian mercenaries in Ukraine. The Associated Press previously wrote that Kyiv in 2023 began recruiting Latin Americans who join the Ukrainian Armed Forces only for the sake of money. The department wrote about this on the social network X (formerly Twitter)