S.Africa deaths, Kenya court case show citizens drawn into Ukraine war

South Africa and Kenya faced more signs on Thursday of citizens being drawn into the war in Ukraine, as Pretoria reported two South Africans killed on the front lines and a Nairobi ​court charged a man with trafficking 25 Kenyans to fight for Russia.



South Africa's government said that two of its citizens had died on the front lines of the conflict.



The two are separate from a group of 17 South Africans who were tricked into fighting for Russia in Ukraine and who have mostly been repatriated, South Africa's foreign affairs ministry said in a statement.



It did not say when or how the two people died.



Russian authorities have denied illegally recruiting African citizens to fight in Ukraine.