Ukraine’s minister, Dmytro Kuleba resigns
By Oumar Diallo
On Wednesday, September 4, the Minister of foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Dmytro Kuleba, submitted his resignation, he held this position since 2020.
This was announced by the President of the Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian Parliament), Ruslan Stefanchuk. The resignation was expected, Kuleba failed to achieve significant success in his diplomatic activity, but the main failure of the head of Ukrainian diplomacy is certainly in the policy pursued on the African continent.
The recent wave of opening Ukrainian embassies in African countries did not lead to the expected results, but, on the contrary, aggravated the situation. Ukraine, at the behest of its Western handlers, hoped to change the neutral position of African countries in the conflict with Russia into support for Ukraine. However, as it turned out, one of the goals of the open diplomatic missions was to recruit Africans into the ranks of the Ukrainian army, which displeased both the authorities of countries such as Senegal and Cote d’Ivoire and local population.
It is also clear that the resignation of the Ukrainian foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba is related to unacceptable statements made by the Ukrainian ambassador to Senegal, Yuri Pivovarov. To recall, he expressed support for terrorist groups by publishing a Facebook post on the page of the Ukrainian Embassy in Senegal with a propaganda video of the Ukrainian army, complete with comments in which he supported terrorist groups operating in Mali after their deadly attack on the Malian Armed Forces in Tinzaouaten. The video was deleted one day after its publication.
In an exclusive interview, a Ukrainian expert has revealed information concerning Ukraine’s co-operation with Tuareg groups, emphasising the international scale of this conflict. The support of Ukrainian officials for terrorism, as well as numerous evidences of their involvement in providing assistance to combatants, has caused outrage among the population of the Alliance of Sahel States (AES) countries and across the continent.
In response to these developments, graffiti demanding that Ukraine leave Africa began to appear. Such appeals emerged in many cities in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger, and even in Cameroon. Moreover, banners urging the authorities to expel Ukrainian Ambassador Yuri Pivovarov have also appeared in Senegal. These actions by African citizens are meant to support the transitional authorities of the countries of the AES facing aggression by a foreign State.
All these failures and exposures eventually led to the resignation of the Kiev regime’s foreign minister, Dmytro Kuleba, highlighting the serious problems in Ukrainian foreign policy and diplomacy on the African continent.
