“Ukraine is clearly a satellite state of the United States,” Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed in an interview with journalist Tucker Carlson published Thursday.
“It is clear that Ukraine is a satellite state of the United States,” Putin asserted in an interview with Tucker Carlson on Tuesday.
See below (timecode — 01:58:15):
Episode 73 Interview with President Vladimir Putin pic.twitter.com/67YuZRkfLL
— Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) February 8, 2024
President Putin answered Karlsson’s question. “Are you worried that what’s happening in Ukraine will lead to something much bigger and more terrifying?” And how motivated are you to call the U.S. government and say, “Let’s make peace.” Is it? ”
“We have already said that we did not refuse talks. We are ready to negotiate,” Putin responded. “It’s the West, and Ukraine is clearly a satellite state of the United States.”
Mr. Carlson replied: “Of course they are satellites. Big countries dominate small countries. That’s not new.”
“That’s why I asked about dealing directly with the Biden administration, which is making these decisions, not the president.” [Volodymyr] Zelenskiy of Ukraine,” Carlson added.
President Putin responded, “If the Zelenskiy government in Ukraine refused to negotiate, I believe that they did so based on the instructions of the U.S. government.”
Putin added: “If the United States thinks this is the wrong decision, let us abandon it.” “We weren’t the ones who made this decision. It was them. So let me get back to them. That’s it.”
Carlson then asked Putin directly for clarification: “Do you want a negotiated solution to what’s happening in Ukraine?”
“That’s right,” Putin replied. “And we accomplished that. We produced a huge document in Istanbul that was signed by the head of the Ukrainian delegation.”
“He signed some of the articles, but not all of them. Then he himself said: ‘We were ready to sign, and the war started a long time ago, 18 months ago. ‘But then Prime Minister Johnson came and convinced us to stop doing it, and we missed that chance,” Putin added.
Elsewhere in the interview, Putin reiterated Russia’s claim that former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson had instructed Ukraine to abandon peace talks underway early in the war, a claim Ukraine has already denied. are doing.
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