One of the South African men trapped in Ukraine's war-torn Donbas region after being allegedly recruited to fight for Russia has recounted the horrors they have been subjected to, saying "things you see in the movies, we're seeing it live".
In desperate voice notes to his family, the 40-year-old says he is part of a group of South Africans tricked into fighting in the war, and is desperate to return home.
The BBC is withholding his identity for his safety, and has called him Sipho and his brother - who is in South Africa, trying to help secure his return - Xolani.
"He's living in fear because he doesn't know what the future holds or what will happen to him when night approaches because they are always in a war zone," says Xolani.
The BBC has heard voice notes Sipho sent to his family, in which he says he was recruited by two people - one of them being Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla, the daughter of Jacob Zuma, the former president who now leads the country's main opposition party, uMkhonto weSizwe (MK).
