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Former Brazilian president

Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva

has claimed that Ukrainian President

Volodimir Zelensky

is "as responsible as Putin" for the war

, in an interview with 'Time' magazine published on Wednesday.

"I see the president of Ukraine on television as if he were celebrating, being applauded standing by all the parliaments (in the world).

That guy is as responsible as

Putin

. Because in a war there is not only one culprit

", Lula declared, favorite in the October presidential elections in Brazil.

"He wanted war.

If he didn't want war, he would have negotiated a little more

," assured the former Brazilian president.

"I criticized Putin when I was in Mexico City, saying that it was a mistake to invade. But I think that nobody is looking to contribute to peace.

People are stimulating hatred against Putin. That is not going to solve it! We have to stimulate an agreement

. But there is a stimulus (to the confrontation)!" Lula added in the interview, which has been received with great expectation by the main media in Brazil and became one of the most commented issues in the country on Twitter.

The 76-year-old leader of the Brazilian left has also criticized the position of the United States and its president Joe Biden.

"

The United States has a very great weight and Biden could avoid the conflict

, instead of stimulating it. He could have dialogued more, participated more, Biden could have taken a plane to Moscow to talk with Putin. That is the attitude that is expected of a leader," Lula judged.

The United Nations (UN) has also received some of the criticism.

"It is urgent and necessary that we create a new world governance.

Today's UN does not represent anything anymore, it is not taken seriously by the rulers

. Everyone makes decisions without respecting the UN.

Putin invaded Ukraine unilaterally, without consulting the UN

", lamented the former president.

Since the beginning of the

war in Ukraine

, the Brazilian left has adopted an ambiguous position, partly condemning the Russian invasion, but also blaming the expansion of NATO for the outbreak of the conflict.

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