The Russian Embassy in South Africa has shared a map online that shows illegally annexed Crimea as part of Ukraine.
A post on the embassy’s account on X, formerly known as Twitter, attempted to raise the profile of the BRICS grouping of world economies but appeared instead to endorse Crimea as being part of Ukraine.
The X post showed a world map with Ukraine’s borders containing not only eastern parts of its territory that Russia claims to have annexed but also Crimea—which was illegally annexed by Moscow in 2014—in addition to BRICS members.
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The Russian Embassy in South Africa has shared a map online that shows illegally annexed Crimea as part of Ukraine.
A post on the embassy’s account on X, formerly known as Twitter, attempted to raise the profile of the BRICS grouping of world economies but appeared instead to endorse Crimea as being part of Ukraine.
While BRICS refers specifically to the economies of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, the map posted on the embassy’s account also included Ethiopia, Argentina, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Iran shaded in green, along with the five BRICS members.
Since being published early on Monday, August 28, the post has attracted more than 292,000 views as well as a number mocking comments.
Mira of Kyiv, who shared a photo of Crimea being part of Ukraine, posted: “So you agree.”
The regions of Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk, and Zaporizhizhia were annexed into the Russian Federation last year following referendums that were condemned by the United Nations, and have only been recognized by North Korea.
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