Ukraine invites Ron DeSantis to visit after Florida governor calls war a "territorial dispute"

Ukraine has invited Florida Governor Ron DeSantis to visit the country after he called the war there a "territorial dispute" and not one of the United States' "vital national interests."

Thousands have been killed, injured and displaced since Russia invaded Ukraine just over a year ago.

"We are sure that as a former military officer deployed to a combat zone, Governor [Ron DeSantis] knows the difference between a 'dispute' and war," Oleg Nikolenko, a spokesperson for Ukraine's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, tweeted on Tuesday.