{"id":1242965,"date":"2025-10-28T15:15:39","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T13:15:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/?p=1242965"},"modified":"2025-10-28T15:15:44","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T13:15:44","slug":"the-great-realignment-how-the-war-in-ukraine-reshaped-the-global-south","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/the-great-realignment-how-the-war-in-ukraine-reshaped-the-global-south\/","title":{"rendered":"The Great Realignment: How the War in Ukraine Reshaped the Global South"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Russia\u2019s war against Ukraine has reshaped the Global South\u2019s geopolitics, pushing states like Brazil, South Africa, and India to hedge between Western and Eastern blocs in pursuit of strategic autonomy. In parallel, Ukraine\u2014countering Russian and Chinese information operations\u2014is working to assemble diplomatic coalitions across Africa and Latin America to elevate its international standing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Global South is not a monolith but a distinct political constellation. Amid the Ukraine war, countries such as Brazil, South Africa, and India have adopted deliberately ambiguous positions, reflecting pragmatic interests, historical alignments, and a desire for independence under competing pressure from the West and authoritarian power centers. Against this backdrop, Ukraine\u2019s challenge is to forge effective partnerships in Africa and Latin America while steering clear of ideological entanglements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the same time, Russia and China have intensified information influence efforts, advancing narratives that compete with pro-Western messaging. Why do these states remain noncommittal? What diplomatic openings exist for Ukraine across the Global South? And how are Moscow and Beijing strengthening their informational reach?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more in the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thegaze.media\/news\/the-great-realignment-how-the-war-in-ukraine-reshaped-the-global-south\">article<\/a>\u00a0by <strong>Bohdan Popov<\/strong>, Head of Digital at the United Ukraine Think Tank, communications specialist and public figure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Firstly, Popov explains that since 2022, Ukraine has launched a \u201cUkrainian-African Renaissance\u201d: opening new embassies, expanding political outreach, and rolling out humanitarian initiatives\u2014most notably \u201cGrain from Ukraine\u201d\u2014that have supported food security in numerous African countries. Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba\u2019s tours have improved Kyiv\u2019s reputation among government institutions, and some states have begun to adjust their stance on the war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ukraine is also engaging through trade and investment frameworks, educational exchanges, and cultural diplomacy. For instance, it is deepening ties with creative industries in Latin America and Africa via cultural programming and agencies that present Ukraine as a reliable partner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Secondly, the expert argues that Moscow, meanwhile, employs a broad information-warfare toolkit: clone websites, bot networks, and social-media manipulation. Campaigns such as Doppelg\u00e4nger and SDA distribute disinformation about Ukraine across Global South regions. Analyses suggest that over 20% of pro-Russian content is driven by automated accounts, especially in India, South Africa, and neighboring states. Western intelligence reporting further indicates growing coordination among Russia, Iran, North Korea, and China to propagate anti-Western narratives, including the instrumentalization of antisemitic tropes against liberal democracies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>China\u2019s approach is more incremental yet sophisticated: paid Xinhua placements on Facebook, algorithmic amplification of Russian narratives, and dense bot activity pushing synchronized messages. While Beijing publicly promotes a \u201cwindow of opportunity\u201d for a peaceful settlement, its information apparatus appears to cultivate sympathy for Russia\u2019s framing of the conflict.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Finally, the author concludes that Ukraine can secure diplomatic and moral gains in the Global South only by shifting to a systemic, long-term strategy\u2014engaging not as a petitioner, but as a partner offering security know-how, technological cooperation, education initiatives, and genuine mutual respect. The Global South resists being instrumentalized by others\u2019 wars, but it is open to collaboration with actors who speak to its cultural, historical, and economic realities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If Ukraine and its allies fail to do so, Russia and China will continue to fill the void\u2014risking a broader struggle in which the war over Ukraine becomes a contest over the civilizational direction of a large share of humanity, with far-reaching consequences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read the full article by\u00a0<strong>Bohdan Popov<\/strong>\u00a0on The Gaze:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/thegaze.media\/news\/the-great-realignment-how-the-war-in-ukraine-reshaped-the-global-south\">The Great Realignment: How the War in Ukraine Reshaped the Global South<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read also:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/belgium-s-cautious-stance-on-russian-assets-legal-paths-to-a-reparations-loan-for-ukraine-remain-open\/\">Belgium\u2019s Cautious Stance on Russian Assets: Legal Paths to a Reparations Loan for Ukraine Remain Open<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russia\u2019s war against Ukraine has reshaped the Global South\u2019s geopolitics, pushing states &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":1242966,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[59],"tags":[76,78],"sources":[],"class_list":["post-1242965","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-publications-en","tag-glavnoe-en","tag-homepage-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Great Realignment: How the War in Ukraine Reshaped the Global South - Freedom<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/the-great-realignment-how-the-war-in-ukraine-reshaped-the-global-south\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Great Realignment: How the War in Ukraine Reshaped the Global South - Freedom\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Russia\u2019s war against Ukraine has reshaped the Global South\u2019s geopolitics, pushing states ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/the-great-realignment-how-the-war-in-ukraine-reshaped-the-global-south\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Freedom\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-10-28T13:15:39+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-10-28T13:15:44+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/7033-820x547.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"820\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"547\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Danylo Shportilo\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Danylo Shportilo\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/the-great-realignment-how-the-war-in-ukraine-reshaped-the-global-south\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/the-great-realignment-how-the-war-in-ukraine-reshaped-the-global-south\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Danylo Shportilo\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/f4fe8d6d08deebcdee69f6671576d2d2\"},\"headline\":\"The Great Realignment: How the War in Ukraine Reshaped the Global South\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-10-28T13:15:39+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-10-28T13:15:44+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/the-great-realignment-how-the-war-in-ukraine-reshaped-the-global-south\/\"},\"wordCount\":596,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/the-great-realignment-how-the-war-in-ukraine-reshaped-the-global-south\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/7033.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"\u0413\u043b\u0430\u0432\u043d\u043e\u0435\",\"\u041d\u0430 \u0433\u043b\u0430\u0432\u043d\u0443\u044e (\u0441\u043b\u0430\u0439\u0434\u0435\u0440)\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Publications\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/the-great-realignment-how-the-war-in-ukraine-reshaped-the-global-south\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/the-great-realignment-how-the-war-in-ukraine-reshaped-the-global-south\/\",\"name\":\"The Great Realignment: How the War in Ukraine Reshaped the Global South - Freedom\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/the-great-realignment-how-the-war-in-ukraine-reshaped-the-global-south\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/the-great-realignment-how-the-war-in-ukraine-reshaped-the-global-south\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/7033.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-10-28T13:15:39+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-10-28T13:15:44+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/f4fe8d6d08deebcdee69f6671576d2d2\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/the-great-realignment-how-the-war-in-ukraine-reshaped-the-global-south\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/the-great-realignment-how-the-war-in-ukraine-reshaped-the-global-south\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/the-great-realignment-how-the-war-in-ukraine-reshaped-the-global-south\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/7033.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/7033.jpg\",\"width\":1024,\"height\":683,\"caption\":\"Protesters attend a rally to mark the one-year anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, near the Russian Embassy in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Feb. 24, 2023. Source: AP Photo\/Ahn Young-joon\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/the-great-realignment-how-the-war-in-ukraine-reshaped-the-global-south\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"The Great Realignment: How the War in Ukraine Reshaped the Global South\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/\",\"name\":\"Freedom\",\"description\":\"UATV - UA|TV - International Broadcasting Multimedia Platform of Ukraine\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/f4fe8d6d08deebcdee69f6671576d2d2\",\"name\":\"Danylo Shportilo\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/dfea04f04995a5257694c4ef7149b332b4103ac47f1c95f912cddd7a1e2ef4e7?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/dfea04f04995a5257694c4ef7149b332b4103ac47f1c95f912cddd7a1e2ef4e7?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/dfea04f04995a5257694c4ef7149b332b4103ac47f1c95f912cddd7a1e2ef4e7?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Danylo Shportilo\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/author\/d-shportilo\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"The Great Realignment: How the War in Ukraine Reshaped the Global South - Freedom","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/the-great-realignment-how-the-war-in-ukraine-reshaped-the-global-south\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"The Great Realignment: How the War in Ukraine Reshaped the Global South - Freedom","og_description":"Russia\u2019s war against Ukraine has reshaped the Global South\u2019s geopolitics, pushing states ...","og_url":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/the-great-realignment-how-the-war-in-ukraine-reshaped-the-global-south\/","og_site_name":"Freedom","article_published_time":"2025-10-28T13:15:39+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-10-28T13:15:44+00:00","og_image":[{"width":820,"height":547,"url":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/7033-820x547.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Danylo Shportilo","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Danylo Shportilo","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/the-great-realignment-how-the-war-in-ukraine-reshaped-the-global-south\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/the-great-realignment-how-the-war-in-ukraine-reshaped-the-global-south\/"},"author":{"name":"Danylo Shportilo","@id":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/f4fe8d6d08deebcdee69f6671576d2d2"},"headline":"The Great Realignment: How the War in Ukraine Reshaped the Global South","datePublished":"2025-10-28T13:15:39+00:00","dateModified":"2025-10-28T13:15:44+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/the-great-realignment-how-the-war-in-ukraine-reshaped-the-global-south\/"},"wordCount":596,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/the-great-realignment-how-the-war-in-ukraine-reshaped-the-global-south\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/7033.jpg","keywords":["\u0413\u043b\u0430\u0432\u043d\u043e\u0435","\u041d\u0430 \u0433\u043b\u0430\u0432\u043d\u0443\u044e (\u0441\u043b\u0430\u0439\u0434\u0435\u0440)"],"articleSection":["Publications"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/the-great-realignment-how-the-war-in-ukraine-reshaped-the-global-south\/","url":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/the-great-realignment-how-the-war-in-ukraine-reshaped-the-global-south\/","name":"The Great Realignment: How the War in Ukraine Reshaped the Global South - Freedom","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/the-great-realignment-how-the-war-in-ukraine-reshaped-the-global-south\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/the-great-realignment-how-the-war-in-ukraine-reshaped-the-global-south\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/7033.jpg","datePublished":"2025-10-28T13:15:39+00:00","dateModified":"2025-10-28T13:15:44+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/f4fe8d6d08deebcdee69f6671576d2d2"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/the-great-realignment-how-the-war-in-ukraine-reshaped-the-global-south\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/the-great-realignment-how-the-war-in-ukraine-reshaped-the-global-south\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/the-great-realignment-how-the-war-in-ukraine-reshaped-the-global-south\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/7033.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/7033.jpg","width":1024,"height":683,"caption":"Protesters attend a rally to mark the one-year anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, near the Russian Embassy in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Feb. 24, 2023. Source: AP Photo\/Ahn Young-joon"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/the-great-realignment-how-the-war-in-ukraine-reshaped-the-global-south\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The Great Realignment: How the War in Ukraine Reshaped the Global South"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/","name":"Freedom","description":"UATV - UA|TV - International Broadcasting Multimedia Platform of Ukraine","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/f4fe8d6d08deebcdee69f6671576d2d2","name":"Danylo Shportilo","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/dfea04f04995a5257694c4ef7149b332b4103ac47f1c95f912cddd7a1e2ef4e7?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/dfea04f04995a5257694c4ef7149b332b4103ac47f1c95f912cddd7a1e2ef4e7?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/dfea04f04995a5257694c4ef7149b332b4103ac47f1c95f912cddd7a1e2ef4e7?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Danylo Shportilo"},"url":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/author\/d-shportilo\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1242965","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/31"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1242965"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1242965\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1242967,"href":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1242965\/revisions\/1242967"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1242966"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1242965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1242965"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1242965"},{"taxonomy":"sources","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sources?post=1242965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}