South Africa’s Position on Ukrainian Crisis

... to test the traditionally friendly relations between Russia and South Africa. The events in Ukraine have acquired a wide international resonance, with many nations publicly discussing the hostilities. South Africa, as a projected continental leader, BRICS member and the only full-fledged African participant to the Group of 20, could not stand aside, having to formulate an official stance towards the Ukrainian crisis. South African official position Andrey Kortunov: Restoration, Reformation, Revolution? Blueprints for the World Order after the Russia-Ukraine conflict After the start of the operation, virtually all South African media outlets sharply criticized Russia’s actions in the spirit of the Western mainstream, while the Ukrainian ambassador to South Africa was constantly on the screens ...