‘Attack on Russia is Attack on Africa’, Ugandan Commander of Land Forces Says
‘Attack on Russia is Attack on Africa’, Ugandan Commander of Land Forces Says
During Sergei Lavrov’s tour of Africa in July, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni assured the Russian foreign minister that “if Russia makes mistakes then we tell them. But when they have not made a mistake we cannot be against them.”
President Putin does not have to threaten nuclear war. We hear him. An attack on Russia is an attack on Africa! pic.twitter.com/r2Xpe56V5Q
— Muhoozi Kainerugaba 'Rubereza' (@mkainerugaba) September 24, 2022
Uganda’s military would treat aggression against Russia as aggression against the African continent, Land Forces commander Muhoozi Kainerugaba has indicated.
“President Putin does not have to threaten nuclear war. We hear him. An attack on Russia is an attack on Africa!” Kainerugaba wrote in a tweet Saturday.
Kainerugaba joined the military in 1999, and was appointed commander of the Uganda People’s Defense Force’s Land Forces in 2021. He is the son of President Museveni.
The statement came in the midst of increasing tensions between Russia and the West, most recently due to referendums in the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics (DPR and LPR), as well as Russian-controlled parts of the regions of Kherson and Zaporozhye, on the territories’ possible accession to the Russian Federation.
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