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MEN IN RUSSIA-UKRAINE WAR NOW SAFE
Cape Times
|February 20, 2026
Returned South Africans give statements to police as families speak of trauma
THE four South African men who returned from the Russia-Ukraine conflict on Wednesday spent their first day back in the country deposing statements and handing over their phones to the police.
The men had been kept in a safe place in Johannesburg to rest, according to their families. They stated that their phones were confiscated by the police upon their arrival in the country and believed this was part of the police investigation looking into how these men were lured into the deadly Russia-Ukraine conflict. They had been stuck in that war for several months.
Four of the 17 South Africans returned on Wednesday, and more are expected back in the coming days. One man who was severely injured is expected to remain in Russia a little longer as he receives medical treatment for his injuries.
A parent of one of the men who returned this week said: “When they arrived, their phones were taken by the police conducting an investigation into how they ended up in Russia in the first place.” The parent declined to be named.
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