BRASÍLIA, July 12 — Ukraine's leader has accepted an invitation to attend tomorrow's World Cup final in Rio de Janeiro, with Russian President Vladimir Putin there too, amid a crisis between their countries, Brazil's government said.

"The president of Ukraine (Petro Poroshenko) confirmed Friday that he will go to the final," a Brazilian presidency spokesman told AFP today, while another official said the Ukrainian and Russian leaders would attend a lunch offered by President Dilma Rousseff. — AFP