Mu kiganiro na BBC i Johannesburg, Julius Malema yashimangiye ko "Afurika y'Epfo ni inshuti y'Uburusiya".
Yavuze kandi ko aho ishyaka rya African National Congress (ANC) â€" riri ku butegetsi muri Afurika y'Epfo â€" rihagaze ho kutagira uruhande iki gihugu kibogamiraho, hajyanye (hareba) gusa n'intambara yo muri Ukraine.
Malema, w'imyaka 42, yabwiye umunyamakuru wa BBC Stephen Sackur wo mu kiganiro HARDtalk, ati: "Nzajya [nzageza] aharenze ubucuti n'Uburusiya. Mu ntambara, nzajya ku ruhande rw'Uburusiya ndetse nzanabuha intwaro".
Ishyaka EFF rinashaka ko Afurika y'Epfo yikura mu rukiko mpuzamahanga mbanabyaha (ICC/CPI).
ICC yatanze urupapuro rwo guta muri yombi Perezida w'Uburusiya Vladimir Putin ku byaha byo mu ntambara acyekwaho gukorera muri Ukraine.
Ariko Malema yasezeranyije kubuza igerageza iryo ari ryo ryose ryo guta muri yombi Putin, ubwo mu kwezi gutaha azaba yitabiriye inama y'ibihugu byo mu itsinda ry'ubukungu rya BRICS, izabera i Cape Town.
BRICS igizwe na Brazil, Uburusiya, Ubuhinde, Ubushinwa n'Afurika y'Epfo.
Malema avuze aya magambo nyuma y'ikibazo mu mubano wa diplomasi hagati y'Amerika n'Afurika y'Epfo.
Muri uku kwezi kwa Gicurasi (5), ambasaderi w'Amerika muri Afurika y'Epfo yavuze ko mu kwezi kw'Ukuboza (12) mu 2022, intwaro n'amasasu byapakiwe mu bwato bw'Uburusiya bwari buparitse muri Afurika y'Epfo, bijyanwa mu Burusiya.
Leta y'Afurika y'Epfo yahakanye ivuga ko itigeze yemeza (iha uruhushya) ijyanwa ry'intwaro mu Burusiya.
