PERU CONCERNED ABOUT ITS CITIZENS IN RUSSIA

Peruvian Foreign Minister Carlos Espá traveled to Moscow to inquire about the fate of 459 Peruvian nationals who had enlisted in the Russian army to fight in Ukraine. During a meeting with his counterpart, Sergey Lavrov, he requested details on soldiers killed, missing, wounded, or captured, as well as the repatriation of their remains. Lima suspects criminal networks of having recruited some of these men through fake job offers. Russia, for its part, maintains that the military commitments were made voluntarily.