# The Ukrainian Embassy in South Africa says it is looking at reports that 17 South African men are trapped in Ukraine’s war-torn Donbas region. The men, aged between 20 and 39-years-old, were apparently lured to join mercenary forces involved in the Russia-Ukraine war under the pretext of lucrative employment contracts. Ukraine’s Ambassador to South Africa, Olexander Scherba, told the SABC that they would never encourage anyone to go to the combat zone:
Ukraine Embassy in SA not aware of South African men trapped in Donbas [SOUND]
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