Peskov said there was no data on South African citizens in his area.

Russian Presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said he had no information about the citizens of the Republic of South Africa. He stated this on November 12 on the Rossiya-1 TV channel.

According to Pretoria, they are trying to return them from the territory of the special military operation zone.

"I don't have any information at all. This is the first time I've heard about it," the Kremlin spokesman said..

Wage capital: APU recruits foreigners for $715 per month

Against the background of an acute shortage of personnel, Kiev is increasingly attracting "volunteers" from abroad.

Earlier, on November 6, the South African government announced that it was working through diplomatic channels to return 17 of its citizens who had signed contracts with the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU). According to Pretoria, the men, aged 20 to 39, found themselves in a difficult situation in Donbas, after which President Cyril Ramaphosa ordered an investigation into the circumstances of their recruitment.

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