O presidente Jair Bolsonaro (PL) usou sua conta no Twitter para replicar o comunicado da Embaixada do Brasil na Ucrânia para os brasileiros que vivem no país, que está sob ataque da Rússia desde as primeiras horas desta quinta-feira (24).
“I am fully committed to the effort to protect and assist Brazilians who are in Ukraine,” Bolsonaro said.
“Our Embassy in Kiev remains open and ready to assist the approximately 500 Brazilian citizens who live in Ukraine and all others who are temporarily there,” added the president, as well as the statement issued by the embassy this morning.
“The Embassy of Brazil in Kiev is renewing the registration of Brazilians and guiding them, by SMS or through messages on its website [http://kiev.itamaraty.gov.br]on his Facebook page and in a group on the Telegram app,” Bolsonaro said, repeating what the embassy note recommended to Brazilians in Ukraine.
Also in the morning, the embassy in Kiev, the capital of Ukraine, recommended that Brazilians living in the country “may travel by their own means to other countries in western Ukraine to do so as soon as possible, after being informed about the situation.” of local security”.
The statement points out that the Ukrainian authorities have asked the population not to go out to avoid large traffic jams on the way out of the Ukrainian capital. “Brazilians who seek to leave the city at this time must face great difficulties. It is requested to await further instructions from the embassy”.
In the message, the embassy asked Brazilians living in the regions on the left bank of the Dnipro River, in the east of the country, where the separatist regions are located, to head west “by their own means or in a safe way”.
“[Os brasileiros] must travel to Kiev and contact the embassy as soon as possible on the consular duty +380 50 384 5484. It is requested that the number be used only in case of extreme need. Community guidelines will continue to be broadcast through this channel [Telegram e Facebook]”.
Speeches in SP: without citing Russia and Ukraine
Earlier this Thursday, Bolsonaro attended an event in São José do Rio Preto (SP) and, in his 18-minute speech, the president did not mention Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Later, at a ceremony in the capital of São Paulo, the president gave a short five-minute speech and also made no mention of the conflict.
The ceremony in the interior of São Paulo marked the opening of the Travessia Urbana de São José do Rio Preto, on the BR-153. In his speech, Bolsonaro commented on his election to the presidency in 2018, and criticized state governors for their social isolation policies to combat violence. Covid-19.
“Over these last two years, we have seen and felt prototypes of dictators all over Brazil, where these apprentice dictators took measures, some populist and others not thought of, but that directly affected our lives. I had, and still have, the power to close down all of Brazil by decree. I never considered that, because freedom comes first,” Bolsonaro said.
About the Russian invasion of Ukraine, however, the president made no mention. Bolsonaro visited Russia last week, on an agenda that would deal with the trade interests of the two countries. Upon meeting Vladimir Putin, Bolsonaro said Brazil was “solidarity with Russia” and that the two countries had “a lot to collaborate on”, citing defense, agriculture and oil and gas issues.
Source: CNN Brasil
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