Russia's Embassy In South Africa Posts, Then Deletes Map Showing Crimea As Part Of Ukraine

Protesters gather to demonstrate outside the Russian Embassy in Pretoria on February 25, 2022, one day after Moscow launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

Russia's embassy in South Africa shared a map in a social media post that shows Crimea as part of Ukraine.

The August 28 post on X, formerly Twitter, showed a map highlighting countries expected to be members of the BRICS grouping in 2024, with the caption: "Reality of a new multipolar world."

While Russia is highlighted in the map, Ukraine, intact with the Crimean Peninsula, is not.

The post was quickly deleted -- the map was created by another source -- but not before it had been noticed, and mocked, by many users. Russia illegally annexed Crimea in 2014.