Africans in Ukraine say they’re stranded

Africans in Ukranian are complaining of being blocked from boarding trains and being prevented from crossing borders to other countries because of their race.

They are using the #AfricansinUkraine to record and post their experiences on social media.

A person in a video shot at a train station shows people with luggage. This is really too bad.

Russia launched an invasion of Ukraine on February 24.

There are no visible efforts by African governments to get their nationals to safety

People are leaving the country. African governments have largely failed in organizing the removal of their citizens from Ukraine, where thousands of Africans study, despite some condemning the invasion.

The people left without taking the blacks.

With no visible efforts by their governments to get them to safety, Africans have turned to social media to highlight their plight and make SOS calls, in a similar approach to that of Indians stranded in Ukraine.

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