Lula Says Zelenskiy, Biden Share Blame for Russia War on Ukraine
- Ukraine could have negotiated more with Putin, Lula says
- Biden should have flown to Moscow and talked to Putin
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Brazil’s presidential front-runner Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskiy shares part of the blame for Russia’s invasion of his country as he believes the leader failed to negotiate more with Moscow.
“This guy is as responsible as Putin for the war,” Lula told Time magazine in an interview published on Wednesday. “The president of Ukraine could have said: ‘Come on, let’s stop talking about this NATO business, about joining the EU for a while. Let’s discuss a bit more first.’”