‘Zelenskyy rejects UN chief’s Kyiv visit over Russia trip’

• Guterres urged for “just peace” in Ukraine at the BRICS summit in Kazan, calling for an end to over two years of fighting.
• His participation in the summit, the largest diplomatic event in Russia since Putin ordered troops into Ukraine in February 2022, sparked ire in Kyiv.
• Guterres reiterated that the Russian invasion of Ukraine was in violation of the UN Charter and international law.
• He emphasized his commitment to establishing freedom of navigation in the Black Sea for both Ukraine and Russia, and global food and energy security.
• The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry criticized Guterres’ decision to visit Kazan and criticized his absence from a peace summit hosted by Ukraine in Switzerland in June.