Just over a week ago, DA leader John Steenhuisen travelled to Ukraine on what he termed a “fact-finding mission”. During his six-days trip to the war-torn country, he shared videos and images of the situation in the country as a way to galvanise support for the East European country.

One of the more famous photographs from his trip captured him outside Bucha where buildings were destroyed by Russian bombs. Many people on social media, as well as political analysis and social commentators, condemned his trip as nothing more than a gimmick to score political points...