Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro. File photoMOSCOW, July 20Vladimir Zelensky said that Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, during a telephone conversation, confirmed the neutral position of this country on the situation in Ukraine. «Information support is important, but in addition to informational support, support is needed, about which I spoke to the president yesterday: (Brazil — ed.) We want support from Brazil … He told me that he supports Ukraine … He told me: «We perceive with pain what is happening in your country, but we a position of neutrality,» Zelensky said in an interview with Globo. Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said that the Latin American country would not vote for a UN resolution condemning Russian President Vladimir Putin or proposing sanctions. Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine 24 February. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine», to bring to justice all war criminals responsible for «bloody crimes against civilians» in Donbass. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops and , on March 25, completed the main tasks of the first stage — significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass.
