The president of South Africa said on Thursday that he believes the war in Ukraine “could have been avoided,” blaming NATO’s decision to continually expand military troops eastward, ultimately leading to the current war, which Moscow calls a “special military operation.”
“The war could have been avoided if NATO had heeded the warnings from amongst its own leaders and officials over the years, that its eastward expansion would lead to greater, not less instability in the region,” Cyril Ramaphosa said, expressing a view similar to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
