Ukrain­ian Asso­ci­a­tion of South Africa calls all South African, politi­cians, and media to Stand with Ukraine!

We kind­ly ask that you stand for the inter­na­tion­al prin­ci­ple of Sov­er­eign­ty and respect of the bor­ders of an inde­pen­dent state against Rus­si­a’s aggres­sion on Ukraine.   

Since invad­ing Ukraine in 2014 and ille­gal­ly annex­ing Crimea, Rus­sia has waged a war of aggres­sion in the east Ukrain­ian regions of Donet­sk and Luhan­sk. This war has cost Ukraine over 14,000 lives, over 30,000 wound­ed and 1.5 mil­lion inter­nal­ly dis­placed peo­ple.  

Rus­sia is again threat­en­ing a fur­ther inva­sion of Ukrain­ian sov­er­eign ter­ri­to­ry in order to re-estab­lish its empire and pro­tect Putin’s klep­to­crat­ic oppres­sive regime. The aggres­sive Russ­ian war against Ukraine includes: 

1. Pro­pa­gan­da based on lies and fal­si­fi­ca­tions;
2. Trade and eco­nom­ic pres­sure; 
3. Ener­gy block­ade; 
4. Ter­ror and intim­i­da­tion of Ukrain­ian cit­i­zens; 
5. Cyber-attacks; 
6. A strong denial of the very fact of war against Ukraine despite the large scope of irrefutable evi­dence; 
7. Use of pro-Russ­ian forces and satel­lite states in its own inter­ests; 
8. Blam­ing the oth­er side for its own crimes.  

By demand­ing to decide in its dia­logue with U.S. and NATO over the Ukraini­ans future, Rus­sia vio­lates the prin­ci­ple of Sov­er­eign­ty and the right of the Ukrain­ian peo­ple to deter­mine their future. 

We ask you to stand today with the peo­ple of Ukraine. We call you to respond to Rus­si­a’s increas­ing threats against Ukraine and oth­er coun­tries in the region. We call on you to sup­port:   

• Mak­ing a state­ment against Russia’s use of mil­i­tary forces to con­duct a polit­i­cal dia­logue.
• Demand­ing the atten­tion of the South African gov­ern­ment to the vio­la­tion of the Ukrain­ian bor­der by Rus­sia in 2014, the annex­a­tion of Crimea.
• Rec­og­niz­ing that Russ­ian demand to uni­lat­er­al­ly decide over the future of Ukraine vio­lates the prin­ci­ple of Sov­er­eign­ty.

Should you require more infor­ma­tion or would like to learn more about the mat­ter, please do not hes­i­tate to con­tact [email protected].

The pre­ven­tion of mil­i­tary aggres­sion in one coun­try leads to more peace and secu­ri­ty for all on the plan­et.