The #BlackLivesMatter has been trending on Twitter following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

The phrase “black lives matter” first gained attention after it was used by a black community organiser in a Facebook post following the 2013 acquittal of George Zimmerman in the shooting death of black teenager Trayvon Martin in Florida.

Previous Center analyses of the hashtag show that its use and its influence grew to national prominence after Ferguson, Missouri, police officer Darren Wilson fatally shot Michael Brown in 2014 but was not indicted in the death of the black teen in November of that year.

Penultimately, the #BlackLivesMatter is currently Number 3 on Twitter trends as some netizens, Africans in particular accusing Ukraine of being racists despite being under attack by Russia.

https://www.thequesttimes.com/why-blacklivesmatter-is-trending-on-twitter/

The day this ongoing war broke out was the day I started seeing those Nigerians in Ukraine with the same eye I see Igbos living in the North. If anything had happened to them, I would've counted it that they committed suicide. You see war coming and you don't want to run but turn around to blame people who prioritize the safety of their own people. You want me to rescue an Abeokuta man before rescuing my Obowo brother, no be juju be that?