UPDATE: Security team, media allowed to disembark in Poland

WARSAW - The Presidency has hit out at the treatment of security teams and journalists by Polish authorities after they've been prevented from disembarking a plane in Warsaw over 24 hours ago.

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Presidential spokesperson Vincent Magwenya says officials have been engaging their Polish counterparts to find a solution.

The latest update is that they've been allowed to disembark but they're still in Poland.

Magwenya says President Cyril Ramaphosa has arrived safely in Ukraine.

He is there with other African leaders in a bid to mediate the war.