Africa: Why Ukraine's Struggle Is Africa's Struggle

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The leaders of the 40 countries that voted to abstain or were against the two UN resolutions condemning Russia's invasion of Ukraine are on the wrong side of history. This is the third of three articles from a front-row seat in Ukraine.

Valeria, a software engineer from Donetsk, asks of the countries that support Russia's invasion of Ukraine, "What stops them from being next?"

The mayor of Lviv, Andriy Sadovy, has a message for Africa. He says: "You can make a choice: Money or freedom. My proposal, and my choice, is for freedom. If you choose money, you lose freedom."

His Kyiv counterpart, Vitali Klitschko, a former world heavyweight boxing champion, says: "You can't be half-pregnant. Right now the war is black and white. Are you for peace and support Ukraine or do you support the aggressors, Russia?"

The leaders of the 40 countries that voted to abstain or were against the two UN resolutions condemning Russia's invasion are on the wrong side of history. This is not solely because they have failed to condemn a violent transgression of international law or that the Russians have perpetrated acts of violence against civilians on a scale that may qualify as a...

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