South African President Cyril Ramaphosa expresses ‘heartfelt gratitude’ to Russia’s Putin for support in repatriating the men.
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A group of 11 South African men who were “lured” into fighting for Russia in Ukraine will return home, the country’s presidency has said.
Pretoria said late last year that it had received “distress calls” from 17 men who were trapped in the epicentre of the fiercest ongoing fighting in Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region after being tricked into joining mercenary forces.
