The Ukrainian ambassador to South Africa, Liubov Abravitova, says they are deeply shocked by the recent shelling which has put the lives of millions of people in danger.
(Bloomberg) The U.S. urged South Africa to clarify its stance on the war in Ukraine, backing the European Union’s push for President Cyril Ramaphosa’s administration to take a harder line against the Russian incursion.
Assistant US secretary of state for African affairs, Molly Phee, said on Thursday that her country was not dictating to Africa which side to choose, but was merely asking it to join in condemning Russia’s aggression in Ukraine.
Ukrainian ambassador to SA Liubov Abravitova on Thursday said she believed SA abstained from the UN General Assembly vote reprimanding Russia because it was obliged to for the support it received from the Soviet Union during apartheid.