“To lure people into the war, they are promised jobs, use the language barrier and even trust in influential people.”, — write: www.unian.ua
To lure people into the war, they are promised jobs, use the language barrier and even trust in influential people.
Russia deceives South Africans into hostilities against Ukraine / UNIAN collage, photo – Wikipedia, screenshotRussia is tricking South Africans into fighting against Ukraine, using promises of jobs and training, the language barrier and trust in influential figures such as the daughter of the former president of the Republic of South Africa (South Africa). Sky News found out in detail how this happens.
A South African told a journalist who came to South Africa how his older brother was lured to fight for Russia in Donbas.
“It’s a suicide mission for them because they’ve never had military training. They have no military skills, no military experience. They’re just security guards who want to get a job and provide for their families. That’s it,” says Bongani (name changed for security reasons).
According to Bongani, his brother, along with at least 16 other South Africans, flew to Russia on a flight via Dubai after being promised security training. However, after signing the contract in Russian, the situation changed.
“The problems started when they were transported from Russia to Ukraine. They asked: “Guys, where are we going now? We’re here to study, aren’t we?” And the Russians replied: ‘Training for what? We don’t know anything about training. We only know that you signed a contract. Now you are under our command — under the command of the Russian army,'” says Bongani.
Sky News has seen video SOS messages from South Africans who say they are being tricked into being detained and sent to the front line in Ukraine. In the footage, a man in a military uniform described the moment of concluding the contracts. He claimed that former South African President Jacob Zuma’s daughter, Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla, encouraged them to “sign.”
“We refused to sign the contracts because they were written in Russian, which we didn’t understand. We asked for a translator. We were told that there was no connection. That’s when Duduzile came with a man named Khosa. She said that we should sign the contracts because they did the same. Duduzile said that she was taking the same course and the same training as us, but unfortunately she would not be with us because she was studying somewhere else. Yes, we agreed. We signed these papers because we trusted this woman,” he says.
Zuma-Sambudla is accused of trafficking South African men to recruit mercenaries. She, on the other hand, denied all the accusations and stated that she herself was a victim of deception, misrepresentation and manipulation, the publication writes.
The South African Police Service said it was currently investigating the claims. Zuma-Sambudla resigned as a member of parliament and did not comment when asked by Sky News.
In Gauteng province near Johannesburg, journalists witnessed another case of alleged recruitment of mercenaries. Five suspects were led into a packed courtroom in Kempton Park after being arrested while trying to fly out of Johannesburg airport. The police received a tip that they were allegedly on their way to Russia via the United Arab Emirates. 39-year-old Patricia Mantuala, who was accused of recruiting these men, was also on the dock. In the end, the court released all five on bail after the hearing was postponed.
Colonel Katlego Mogale, spokesman for the Priority Crime Investigation Department, told reporters at a press conference that the investigation does not rule out new arrests.
Amid signs of a growing recruitment campaign, families of those they say are trapped and fighting for Russia in Ukraine are trying to get their loved ones back home.
“You’re dealing with people who are well-known in South Africa, and nobody feels safe here, and we may never know what’s going to happen to us next,” Bongani said.
The Russian Federation is recruiting mercenaries for the war in Ukraine: what is knownAs UNIAN previously reported, the tactics of the Russians at the front is to attack the positions of the Defense Forces with personnel, sparing them. For this purpose, the occupiers are actively recruiting from other countries, Rostyslav Yashchyshyn, the head of the communications department of the 63rd separate mechanized brigade, which maintains the defense in the Lyman direction, said. “They are throwing in new and new resources, actively recruiting contractors from other countries. These are Central Asian countries. We have also already destroyed several Africans. We have repeatedly captured foreigners – Indians, Uzbeks, Armenians and other nationalities,” Yashchyshyn said.
That’s how we wrote how many Cubans are fighting in Ukraine on the side of Russia. “After North Korea, Cuba is the largest supplier of foreign troops for Russian aggression – from 1,000 to 5,000 Cubans are fighting in Ukraine,” said a US State Department telegram dated October 2.
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