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Ukrainian president says Brasília-Beijing initiative shows “lack of respect” toward Kyiv’s position.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused Brazil of being pro-Russia in the Kremlin’s war on Ukraine and lambasted a joint peace proposal drawn up by Brasília and Beijing.

“The Chinese-Brazilian proposal is also destructive, it’s just a political statement,” Zelenskyy said during an interview with Brazilian news site Metrópoles on Wednesday evening.

Brazil and China signed a joint statement in May calling for peace talks involving both Russia and Ukraine. However, according to the Ukrainian president, the two countries consulted Moscow but not Kyiv.

“We are not stupid,” Zelenskyy said during the interview. “How can you offer ‘here is our initiative’ without asking anything from us?” He added, “This is a lack of respect toward Ukraine.”

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[–] WatDabney@sopuli.xyz 65 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (15 children)

Well... yeah. Brazil's the B in BRICS and Russia's the R, so Brazil is officially pro-Russia.

And by the bye - China's the C.

[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 20 points 3 days ago (8 children)

Lula doesn't seem quite as straightforwardly pro-Russia as Bolsanaro was, but its very clear their economic association with Russia makes them unable to truly be neutral arbiters of the situation, no matter how much Lula wants to present Brazil as attempting to be neutral.

[–] marcos@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago

Yet he's carrying a Russian proposal straight out to Ukraine... so different.

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