By Staff Reporter/Agencies
ZIMBABWE is among 51 nations that abstained from a United Nations (UN) vote on lasting peace in the Russian-Ukraine war, a conflict that has drawn African nationals, including Zimbabweans.
According to the UN, more than 15 000 civilians and 763 children have died in the four-year conflict.
Among them is the late Zimbabwean Mandla Ncube, who was recently killed in Ukraine’s Donbas region while fighting alongside Russian forces.
His body remains stuck abroad owing to an identity crisis following his recruitment by shadowy networks which promised a life of plenty.
Reports indicate that Zimbabwean recruits are transported to South Africa, mainly through KwaZulu-Natal, where fraudulent identity documents are acquired.
Once equipped with false papers, recruits are flown to Russia and officially recorded as South African nationals.
On Tuesday, the UN voted on the matter of lasting peace, and Zimbabwe was among the 51 nations that abstained.
Among those that abstained were the United States, South Africa, Mozambique and Uganda.
