South Africa and Ukraine meet as relationships with Trump turn sour

BBC
24 Apr 2025

Head of the African Governance and Diplomacy Programme at SAIIA, Steven Gruzd, speaks to the BBC about Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s first official state visit to South Africa, reaffirming bilateral relations between the two countries.

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