Steenhuisen on 6-day 'fact-finding' mission in Ukraine
DA leader John Steenhuisen, who says he's on a fact-finding mission in Ukraine, has urged South Africa to view Russia's invasion as a serious, global problem.
Steenhuisen says he will meet with people displaced and forced into refugee camps as well as government leaders there.
He flew to Ukraine for a six-day visit to witness for himself the untold horrors and devastating effects of the war.
Steenhuisen says South Africa needs to be more vocal about peaceful resolutions and should be calling for an end to the conflict.
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"Russia's invasion of Ukraine is not a European problem. It is a global problem. The knock-on effect of this war on our own fuel, maize, cooking oil and fertiliser prices will reach deep into the pockets of poor South Africans who can already not make ends meet.
"We dare not pretend that this is a war that has nothing to do with us and we dare not pretend that remaining neutral in this situation is admirable. When we have clear and undeniable evidence of injustice, we owe it to the victims to pick a side and speak out."
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