Zimbabwe warns citizens against joining foreign armies
Fake job offers are shipping Zimbabweans straight into Russian frontline combat zones, and some never made it back alive.
Zimbabwe’s grim mercenary pipeline
- Zimbabweans got baited with security gigs in Russia.
- Recruits landed on Ukrainian frontlines instead.
- Several have already died in occupied areas.
- Survivors are begging for extraction back home.
Mangwana’s official stance on X
- Ndavaningi Mangwana urged citizens against foreign enlistment.
- His post flagged unequal treatment for foreign fighters.
- Repatriating remains is a logistical nightmare for families.
- Mangwana called citizen safety the government’s top priority.
