'Russia has two tools for its work in Africa, the most powerful ones are propaganda and Wagner,' says Kuleba.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba speaks to a journalist during an interview with AFP, in Kyiv, on August 16, 2023, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
“We are starting from scratch in Africa. This continent needs systematic and long-term work,” Kuleba told AFP journalists at the foreign ministry in Kyiv.“It’s not something that happens overnight.” “Russia is trying very hard to keep countries in its orbit through coercion, bribery and fear,” he said.“Russia has two tools for its work in Africa, the most powerful ones are propaganda and Wagner.”
Kuleba also said that Putin’s publicly voiced concerns about food security in Africa are baseless, given Moscow’s exit from the Black Sea grain deal last month. Some 18 months into the Kremlin’s campaign to topple the Ukrainian government and bring the country into Moscow’s fold, Kuleba reiterated that Kyiv’s military will liberate all territory occupied by Russian forces.
But Ukraine is not under pressure from its Western allies, which have provided far-reaching contributions to the military, to make faster gains, Kuleba said.
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