Ukraine war: Florida Ron DeSantis invited to visit after remarks

Ukraine has invited Florida Governor Ron DeSantis to sojourn aft helium said the Russian penetration was a "territorial dispute" which was not 1 of the US's "vital nationalist interests".

Mr DeSantis is wide expected to tally for president successful 2024 and made his remarks successful effect to questions sent to imaginable Republican contenders.

Republican senators person lined up to criticise his views, too.

The US should not disregard Russian aggression oregon warfare crimes, immoderate said.

Mr DeSantis has not officially announced his volition to situation Donald Trump for the Republican nomination, but has been taking each the indispensable steps suggesting helium volition bash so.

In his effect to a questionnaire by Fox News anchor Tucker Carlson, helium said:

"While the US has galore captious nationalist interests - securing our borders, addressing the situation of readiness wrong our military, achieving vigor information and independence, and checking the economic, cultural, and subject powerfulness of the Chinese Community Party - becoming further entangled successful a territorial quality betwixt Ukraine and Russia is not 1 of them."

Ukraine's overseas ministry spokesperson Oleg Nikolenko tweeted his invitation to the apical Republican connected Tuesday.

"We are definite that arsenic a erstwhile subject serviceman deployed to a combat zone, Governor Ron DeSantis knows the quality betwixt a 'dispute' and war," Mr Nikolenko said.

"We invitation him to sojourn Ukraine to get a deeper knowing of Russia's full-scale penetration and the threats it poses to US interests."

Fellow Republicans were not impressed with Mr DeSantis's comments, either.

Lindsey Graham said this was "a misunderstanding of the situation" connected the portion of the governor.

"This is not a territorial conflict, it's a warfare of aggression. To accidental it doesn't substance is to accidental warfare crimes don't matter," Mr Graham said.

Senator Thom Tillis said this wasn't confined to Ukraine. "There's a humanitarian crisis. There are warfare crimes being committed."

And Senator John Thune thought "the bulk of radical successful this state recognise however important it is, that Ukraine repel Russia".

President Vladimir Putin launched the full-scale penetration connected 24 February 2022, saying Russia was intent connected warring Nazis successful Ukraine.

His forces person razed full cities and Russian troops are accused of galore warfare crimes, which they deny.