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> German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Brazil's freshly inaugurated President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva traded barbs late Monday on who's responsible for Russia's invasion in Ukraine, as the latter suggested that Kyiv could also be at fault.

> Following the amicable start of a joint press conference, in which the Brazilian president said that he wants to finalize the EU trade deal "By the end of the current semester," the mood turned sour after Lula raised the war in Ukraine and rejected Germany's appeal to support Kyiv with weapons and ammunition.

> He also rejected the possibility that Brazil could help Ukraine to fend off Russian missile or drone attacks by selling its units of the German-made Gepard air defense tanks along with corresponding ammunition: "Brazil has no interest in handing over munitions that can be used in the war between Ukraine and Russia," Lula said.

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