Pretoria, Nov 13, 2025 (AFP) - S.Africans 'fooled' into fighting in Ukraine: ambassador

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2025-11-13

Ukraine's ambassador to Pretoria on Thursday urged South Africans not to get involved in Russia's invasion, telling AFP in an interview that 17 men were tricked into joining mercenary forces. The South African government last week said it had received "distress calls" from the men who were trapped in the epicentre of the fighting in Ukraine's Donbas region, begging to bring them home. The presidency said the men, aged 20 to 39, were "lured" into......

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