German Chancellor Olaf Scholz called a "mockery" the interview given by Russian President Vladimir Putin to ultraconservative American journalist Tucker Carlson, in which he warned that a defeat for his country in Ukraine is impossible.
"The Russian president mocks what Russia is really doing in Ukraine and gives a completely absurd explanation about the causes of this war," Scholz launched on his X account.
For the German Chancellor, "this makes it even clearer for us: we remain firmly on the side of Ukraine," he stated, ratifying his support for the country led by Volodymyr Zelensky.
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, he maintained, has signs of a civil war as Russians and Ukrainians are one people.
He also considered that Russia has not yet achieved its objectives in Ukraine, because one of them is its "denazification."
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