Ukraine invites Brazil's Lula to visit, criticises his peace efforts
, a peace initiative that was criticised by the Ukrainian government.
His comments came after he set off a storm among Western allies by stating over the weekend that they were prolonging the fighting by supplying arms to Ukraine. Ukraine has criticised Lula's proposal because it treats"the victim and the aggressor" the same way, and on Tuesday invited the Brazilian president to the war-torn country to see for himself the consequences of the Russian invasion.
The European Union has also rejected Lula's suggestion that both Ukraine and Russia are to blame for the war. EU foreign affairs spokesman Peter Stano said all aid was aimed at Ukraine's"legitimate defence".
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