Five Panamanians manage to return from Russia as investigations into recruitment for war grow

Five Panamanian nationals have successfully returned to Panama following assistance from the Panamanian Embassy in Russia. Their return coincides with a growing number of investigations into the recruitment of Panamanian citizens to participate in the ongoing war against Ukraine.

In a separate geopolitical development, the European Union has expressed strong concern regarding Russia's escalating efforts to integrate the occupied separatist regions of Abjasia and Osetia del Sur. This EU statement was issued on August 7, marking the eighteenth anniversary of the outbreak of the war between Russia and Georgia.