Seven African leaders are travelling to Ukraine and Russia on a peace mission, hoping to bring the war there closer to an end.
The delegation from South Africa, Egypt, Senegal, Congo-Brazzaville, Comoros, Zambia, and Uganda is meeting President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday and President Vladimir Putin on Saturday.
But the timing of the visit seems off.
It comes just as Kyiv is launching its much-vaunted counter-offensive.
