The Mozambican government has not yet taken any formal position on Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

"Mozambique is not expected to condemn Russia's invasion because it would be sensitively messing with one of its long-time allies, and we also don't expect the country to condemn or support the position of the United States or allies because it also enjoys a good relationship with those countries," says Simão Nhambi, a specialist in international relations in an interview with the Voice of America.

Meanwhile, the Russian ambassador in Mozambique, Alexander Surikov through several interviews that he has been giving to the national media, justifies the invasion in the following way: "We have nothing against the people of Ukraine, it is not a war against Ukraine, but to refer that after the second world war they assured us that NATO as a peaceful military bloc that aims at the security of its members would not approach the borders of Russia, they deceived us," said the ambassador in one of his statements to the local press.

In the chapter on economic sanctions that have been imposed by the European Union and the United States against Russia, the expert in international affairs says that these could have a negative impact on countries like Mozambique.

Just the fact that Russia has already invaded Ukraine already affects global economies, not only Mozambique's, and the sanctions will have an impact on Russia, and the countries that depend on Russia's foreign aid will suffer from it, as well as from other countries in Europe that will be focused on the logistics of the war," he told the aforementioned media outlet, adding that "fewer resources will be made available" to developing or poor countries like Mozambique.