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The body of a Zambian who fought on the side of the Russian Federation was brought home

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Lemehani Nyirenda studied in Moscow and ended up in prison, where he was recruited for the war in Ukraine.

The body of 23-year-old Zambian student Lemehani Nyirenda, who died fighting alongside the Russian army in Ukraine, has been returned home. It was reported on December 11 by the AR agency.

It was learned that Nyirenda studied nuclear physics in Russia before joining the army. In April 2020, he was found guilty of drug trafficking and sentenced to nine years in prison.

Lemehani was later pardoned under a special amnesty on the condition that he participate in the war.

The Zambian government has asked Russian authorities to provide details of the man’s death.

“We were informed that on August 23 he was conditionally pardoned and allowed to participate in a special military operation, in which he was killed in September. was recruited for the war in Ukraine and then lost his life,” said Foreign Minister Stanley Kakubo.

He emphasized that Zambia will work hard to ensure that nothing like this happens to the country’s citizens studying in Russia.

It will be recalled that on November 14, Kakubo announced the death of a Zambian in the war in Ukraine. According to the minister, Nyirenda died “on the battlefield” on September 22, and his body is in Rostov-on-Don.

This is the first known case of the death of a foreign citizen who was recruited in the Russian Federation to take part in the fighting in Ukraine.

Putin allowed foreigners to be called into the Russian army

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Source: korrespondent

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