The government of South Africa on Thursday announced an investigation into how 17 of its citizens became mercenaries on the battlefields of Ukraine.
The men are sending “distress signals” pleading for rescue, and their families claim they were tricked into fighting.
“President Cyril Ramaphosa has ordered an investigation into the circumstances that led to the recruitment of these young men into these seemingly mercenary activities,” the government statement said .
According to the statement, the 17 men are between 20 and 39 years of age. All of them are “trapped” in the hotly contested Donbas region of Ukraine. Presidential spokesman Vincent…
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