In an interview with Tucker Carlson, Vladimir Putin made several controversial statements regarding Ukraine. Putin suggested that Hungary could reclaim territories from Ukraine and emphasized that Ukraine historically belongs to Russia, stating the Soviet Union was wrongly given territories including the Black Sea region. He rejected the idea that NATO's actions prompted Russia's invasion, instead presenting an ideological stance that Ukraine is not a legitimate nation, claiming the Ukrainian language was fabricated by the Austrian general staff, and asserting that cities like Lviv are Russian. The interview revealed Putin's imperialistic view, countering the narrative that the invasion was a response to NATO expansion.
#Putin refused Tucker Carlson's efforts to get him to say #NATO provoked the invasion of #Ukraine. At great length, Putin explained his motive was ideological imperialism: in his religious-nationalist view of history, Ukraine's territory belongs to Russia https://t.co/IsZrFsJv3y
Tucker’s interview with Putin showed one thing clearly. Putin’s invasions of Ukraine in 2014 and 2022 had nothing to do with NATO It had all to do with Putin’s obsession with the breakup of Kyivan Rus in the 12th and 13th centuries He can’t accept that Ukrainians are a nation https://t.co/QrM99Cv6Pu
Tucker’s Putin interview, to spare you two hours: Tucker: Please tell me, were you forced to invade because of the NATO threat? Putin: Ukraine is Russia. The Ukrainian language was invented by the Austrian general staff. Lviv is Russian but Hungary should take back Transcarpathia
Tucker said he wanted to find out why Putin invaded Ukraine. Here's Putin's 2-hour answer,in 1 tweet: "Ukraine is not a real nation and has always belonged to Russia. UKR and RUS are the same people.But then Ukrainians decided to be independent so now we need to de-nazify them."
Not going to amplify Tucker Carlson’s Putin interview, but as expected he got steamrolled by Putin. He tried to tee him up to say the invasion of Ukraine was merely in response to NATO expansion, Putin corrected him - he thinks he has a right to take over all of Ukraine & further
Tucker’s interview is devastating for him. He clearly wants Putin to say he invaded Ukraine because he perceived a threat from NATO & the US. But Putin is proving his critics right—launching a psycho rant about how he wants to take Ukraine because he thinks he has a right to it.
Tucker: “Do you believe Hungary has a right to take its land back from Ukraine?” Putin: “One may say that they could claim back those lands of theirs.” https://t.co/s1H6bdyI3G
Tucker Carlson asks Putin: “Why didn’t you make this case for the first 22 years as president that Ukraine wasn’t a real country.” Putin: “The Soviet Union was given a great deal of territory that had never belonged to it, including the Black Sea region.” https://t.co/Rnw1qtYiT2