German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has called “a mockery” the interview given by Russian President Vladimir Putin to the ultra-conservative American journalist Tucker Carlson, in which he warns that a defeat for his country in Ukraine is impossible.
“The Russian president mocks what Russia is actually doing in Ukraine and gives a completely absurd explanation about the causes of this war,” Scholz began on his X account.
For the German Chancellor, “this makes it even clearer to us: we remain firmly on Ukraine’s side”, he said, ratifying his support for the country led by Volodymyr Zelenskyj.
Among other things, Putin said in the interview broadcast on Thursday that it was Ukraine that started the war in 2014, when President Viktor Yanukovych was overthrown, and that Russia’s goal is to end this war which, according to him, it shows signs of civil war. Russians and Ukrainians are one people.
He also believes that Russia has not yet achieved its goals in Ukraine, because one of them is its “denazification”.
Source: Clarin
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