The family of the first Kenyan that Ukraine reported killed on the Russian war front has been receiving conflicting information from the state about the matter.
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that Russia has sought an extra 30,000 troops and missile launchers from North Korea to fight his country.
At least 17 people killed Friday in Russian and Ukrainian long-range strikes, as both sides intensify strikes with diplomacy in a deadlock.
Discussions aimed at ending the conflict in Ukraine have been at a standstill, with US attention now focused on the Middle East and Moscow maintaining its demand that Kyiv cede territory.
North Korea reaffirmed its support for Russia's war on Ukraine as the nations' foreign ministers met in Moscow, Pyongyang's state media reported Tuesday.
Ukraine said Sunday that Russian missile strikes on a Turkish-owned cargo ship carrying grain had killed six people, hours after Moscow fired a fresh barrage of missiles at Kyiv.