Footage has emerged which reportedly shows crowds of black people being physically blocked from boarding trains and held at gunpoint by guards in Ukraine as they attempt to flee the country.
A leader of the National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People (NAACP) other activists have now accused Ukrainian authorities of preventing the escape of black people stuck in the conflict-riven country.
“White folks in Ukraine are: blocking Black people from getting on trains, dragging Black people off buses, denying shelter to Black people in freezing temperatures, and holding Black students at gunpoint,” Bishop Talbert Swan a prominent US activist and leader of the Springfield chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People (NAACP), tweeted on Sunday.
After viewing the videos circulating online Nigerian Minister of Foreign Affairs Geoffrey Onyeama confirmed that he spoke to Kuleba by phone, and received assurances that all foreigners would be allowed to leave Ukraine.
Pro-Ukrainian accounts on social media have claimed that videos of the alleged abuse were fabricated by Moscow. Swan refuted those claims, stating: “Black people don’t need Russian disinformation campaigns to convince us of the reality of white supremacy, racism, and anti-Black bigotry around the globe.”
Meanwhile, some leftists Twitter activists have been quick to condemn Ukraine for its “racism”.
The official visuals of Ukrainians blocking Africans from getting on trains. #AfricansinUkraine pic.twitter.com/hJYpM3LY0A
— Damilare / ViF (@Damilare_arah) February 26, 2022
‘We are students’ ‘we don’t have arms’ protests from young people being held up at gunpoint
early in the morning at The Ukraine -Poland border.#AfricansinUkraine
No sleep for days for some Still trying to leave pic.twitter.com/fz5snTOikx
— Damilare / ViF (@Damilare_arah) February 27, 2022
Look at how Ukrainian forces are pushing aside the black girl while they allow a white girl. F*ck you Ukraine. #racism #AfricansinUkraine #RacistEU pic.twitter.com/QLNZyM2smX
— Miguna Jnr (@Brayson53233089) February 27, 2022
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