For the White House, Brazil “Russian and Chinese propaganda parrots” for Ukraine | world

The White House sharply criticized Brazil, on Monday (17), after President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva stated, during a trip to China, that the United States was encouraging the war in Ukraine.

“In this case, Brazil is parroting Russian and Chinese propaganda without noticing the facts at all,” US National Security Council spokesman John Kirby told reporters.

Kirby stated that one of Lula’s lines, which he said on Sunday, that the United States and Europe are prolonging the war, is “deeply problematic.”

Kirby responded that Washington “has no objection to any country wanting to try to end the war.”

“Obviously we want the war to end,” Kirby said. “It could happen now, today, if Mr. (Russian President Vladimir) Putin stops attacking Ukraine and withdraws his forces,” he added.

President Lula (Workers’ Party) stated that the United States and Europe are extending the war in Ukraine in Abu Dhabi. He also advocated the creation of a kind of “G20 for Peace”.

Peace is very difficult. Russian President Vladimir Putin does not make peace overtures [presidente da Ucrânia]Volodymyr Zelensky does not take a peace initiative. “Europe and the United States end up contributing to the continuation of this war,” Lula said during a press conference at the end of his trip to the United Arab Emirates.

The president also accused Ukraine, which was attacked and invaded by Russia, of being involved in the beginning of the conflict. “It was easier to build a war than to get out of a war because the decision to go to war was taken by two countries,” Lula said.

The European Commission’s spokesman for foreign affairs and security policy, Peter Stano, also refuted Lula’s accusations and defended the position adopted by the Western allies.

It is not true that the United States and the European Union are helping to prolong the conflict. Ukraine is a victim of unlawful aggression, a violation of the Charter of the United NationsSaid the representative of the European bloc.

“It is true that the European Union, the United States and other partners are helping Ukraine in its legitimate defence,” Stanos said, indicating that the other option would be the destruction of the country.

The war in Ukraine started in February 2022 when Russia invaded the neighboring country. Years ago, in 2014, the Russians militarily occupied a region in Ukraine, Crimea.

The invasion began last year with incessant bombing and rapid advances by Russian forces, and has gone through a period of stagnation, counter-offensives by Ukrainian forces and attacks on energy infrastructure.

Within a few days, the Russian armed forces took control of a significant part of the territory of Ukraine. bombing military and civilian buildings across the country,

The capital, Kiev, was not taken by the Russians, rather they surrounded the city with soldiers.

The town of Pusha near Kiev was the scene of a civilian murder carried out by the Russians.

The city of Mariupol was besieged for 3 months, without water and food, until Russia dominated it.