Ghana’s foreign minister said Friday that 55 Ghanaians had been killed while fighting in Ukraine, among hundreds of Africans said to have been lured to fight there for Russia.“We were informed that 272 Ghanaians are believed to have been lured into battle since 2022 for which an estimated 55 have been killed and 2 captured as prisoners of war,” minister Sam Okudzeto Ablakwa said on X.He called the news “depressing and frightening,” speaking after meeting with his Ukrainian counterpart in Kyiv.For all the latest headlines, follow our Google News channel online or via the app.“We cannot turn a blind eye to these heartbreaking statistics. These are not just numbers, they represent human lives, the hope of many Ghanaian families and our nation,” Ablakwa wrote.Ukraine said on Wednesday that more than 1,780 citizens from 36 African countries had been identified among Russia’s ranks.Ablakwa said the government was “committed to tracking and dismantling all dark web illegal recruitment schemes