Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who was elected President of Brazil last October 30, decides not to join the western bloc, which supports Ukraine with arms supplies. As reported by the newspaper Folha de S. Paulo, Lula vetoed deliveries of ammunition for tanks: the line should adopt as neutral a stance as possible so as not to anger Moscow. In addition, the Brazilian head of state is said to have denied having received requests for weapons from the federal government. The newspaper also quotes Germany as saying the weapons that Brazil could have shipped to Kyiv were ammunition for German tanks. The leopards that Berlin sent to Volodymyr Zelenskyy a few days ago. Chancellor Olaf Scholz is also said to have started his own diplomatic channels to persuade other countries to also donate arms to Ukraine. In this sense, Lula’s stop during a meeting between the heads of the Brazilian armed forces, the Defense Minister, Jose Mucio. Some soldiers and politicians who were aware of the incident said the possibility of selling a batch of ammunition already available for the Leopards was examined at the meeting to collect a sum of 25 million reaiscorresponding to approx 4.5 million euros. The newspaper Folha de S. Paulo writes that Lula would have rejected an option in order not to provoke any economic reactions against Brazil from the Russian side.
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