Jan. 31—President Lula da Silva of Brazil announced his view that a group of nations needs to come forward to work together for a peace deal in Ukraine. Speaking on Monday, Lula said that he had discussed with Scholz and Macron and intends to discuss with others, the vision of forming a new group of nations—like the formation of the G20 to address the 2008 economic crisis—to work out peace between Russia and Ukraine. The world needs “a club of people who want to achieve peace on the planet,” the president said. “My suggestion is that we create a group of countries, who sit down at the table with Ukraine and Russia to try to find peace…. What we have to do is form a group strong enough to be respected at a negotiating table—and sit down with both sides.”