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Democratic Alliance leader, John Steenhuisen, has begun a six-day visit to war-torn Ukraine “to ascertain for myself” the situation in the country.
The opposition leader said that he arrived in the city of Lviv in Western Ukraine from where he would conduct his tour, mostly around the capital, Kyiv.
Steenhuisen said during his visit he will be visiting refugee camps as well as meeting with various mayors, governors, business leaders, students, and ordinary Ukrainians.
He also said that “we owe it to the people of Ukraine to tell the unfiltered truth about what is taking place there so that the world can stand united in bringing this injustice to an end.”
Steenhuisen said 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.”
