Overview
- Jordan’s Foreign Ministry formally requested that Russian authorities stop recruiting Jordanians and terminate the service of any already enlisted.
- The ministry said the move follows confirmation that two Jordanian citizens were killed fighting for Russia, without releasing further details.
- Spokesman Fuad al-Majali urged Jordanians to report recruitment attempts and flagged online enlistment efforts by Moscow and external entities.
- Authorities stressed that joining a foreign army is illegal under Jordanian law and pledged to take all available legal and diplomatic measures.
- The scope of Jordanian involvement is unclear; reporting cites Ukrainian figures of at least 18,000 foreign recruits for Russia and thousands of foreign deaths, with hundreds of Jordanians living in Russia and many more tied to former Soviet states.