Mr da Silva, who goes by the name Lula, has refused to condemn Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and has instead attempted to position himself as a peacemaker in the conflict. "I think it disappointed him," Mr Zelenskyy said when asked about the missed meeting. However, the meeting did not go ahead, with the Brazilian leader later claiming it was because Mr Zelenskyy had been late. "But I reiterated Brazil's willingness, along with India, Indonesia and China, to talk to both sides of the conflict in pursuit of peace."Įarlier this month, he was due to meet Ukraine's president Zelenskyy while on the sidelines of the G7 summit in Japan. "I thanked him for an invitation to attend the International Economic Forum in Saint Petersburg, and replied that I could not go to Russia at the moment. "I just spoke by phone with the president of Russia, Vladimir Putin," he writes in a Tweet. It will under certain conditions," he says.īrazil's president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva says he has turned down an invitation from Vladimir Putin to visit Russia. "The Anglo-Saxons do not fully realise this and believe that it will not come to this. He adds that arming Ukraine with nuclear weapons - a step no Western nation has publicly proposed - would mean a "nuclear war coming to them". He warns that it is underestimating the risk of a nuclear war over Ukraine and says Russia will launch a "pre-emptive strike" if necessary. Mr Medvedev - once an apparent liberal moderniser but now a staunchly anti-Western Putin ally - also takes aim at the West. Referring to "the clown Zelenskyy", he says: "Everything always ends in negotiations, and this is inevitable, but as long as these people are in power, the situation for Russia will not change in terms of negotiations." This is a new reality," he is quoted to have said to TASS, a Russian state media agency. "This conflict will last for a very long time. It also comes after Belarus announced a deal to accept tactical nuclear weapons from Russia.Ī senior ally of Vladimir Putin has warned that Russia's conflict with Ukraine could "last for decades", state media has reported.ĭmitry Medvedev, the deputy chair of Russia's Security Council, also says peace talks are impossible while "the clown Zelenskyy" is in power. He has remained behind bars ever since his arrest in March 2021.
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The trial took place behind closed doors in the Belarusian city of Grodno. In February, Mr Poczobut was found guilty of inflicting harm on Belarus' national security and "sowing discord". It comes after Belarus's Supreme Court upheld an eight-year prison sentence to Andrzej Poczobut - a correspondent for a top newspaper in Poland. Poland has in the past closed some border crossings withīelarus, which Russia used to stage part of its February 2022 invasion of Ukraine, described the previous closures as "irrational and dangerous". Interior Minister Mariusz Kaminski said on Twitter that he also plans to add several hundred Belarusian officials to sanctions lists. Plans for the travel ban were published on Friday in a draft regulation by the country's interior ministry.
Border to freight vehicles registered in Belarus and Russia to "ensure public safety".
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