South Africans Lured by Security Jobs Say They Were Sent to Fight in Russia’s War

Lifa Miya says he and 19 other South Africans were promised elite security training in Russia. Instead, they were sent to fight in the war against Ukraine. The men reportedly signed contracts written in Russian, which they could not understand. Miya lost his left leg in a drone strike and returned home with shrapnel wounds and lasting trauma.

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