Russia “lures” South Africans and sends them to the front - Ukrainian ambassador to South Africa Oleksandr Shcherba @olex_scherba.
At least 17 South Africans aged 20 to 39 have reached out to their government for help after finding themselves trapped on the eastern front.
Ukraine’s ambassador to South Africa has warned South Africans not to let themselves be drawn into Russia’s war.
On November 13, 2025, Ambassador Oleksandr Shcherba told AFP that he is aware of 17 men who were “deceived” into going to a war “that Africa has nothing to do with.”
He noted that it is a colonial war, and the fact that Africans are fighting in a colonial war against a free country is simply madness.
Shcherba made this comment in response to reports from the South African government about “SOS signals” from its citizens who found themselves literally trapped in Donbas.
According to reports, men aged 20 to 39 were “lured” with lucrative work contracts and then sent to the front.
The South African news agency News24 reported on November 11, 2025, that it has evidence showing that they were sent to Russia by the uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK) party “supposedly for training as security guards.”
MK party founder Jacob Zuma had close ties with Russia during his presidency of South Africa from 2009 to 2018. Current President Cyril Ramaphosa has ordered an investigation.
“Since this news came out, I have received emails from relatives of these young people who were lured to the frontline. They were in despair. Don’t do this to your mothers, fathers, and sisters,” Shcherba urged South Africans. “We hope that the situation regarding Russia’s violation of South African law and the recruitment or luring of these people into this war… will open the eyes of South African society.”
South African citizens are prohibited from joining foreign armies without direct permission from their government.
This scandal follows reports about young men from Kenya, India, and other countries being deceived or forced into Russia’s war against Ukraine.
Source: Sophie Watson / @KyivPost
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