In this interview lasting more than two hours, the head of the Kremlin also said he ruled out the idea of invading Poland or Latvia.
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This is the first interview he has given to a Western journalist since the conflict in Ukraine. Vladimir Putin affirmed on the microphone of the American conservative journalist Tucker Carlson, Thursday February 8, that a defeat of Russia in Ukraine was “impossible”. In this message of more than two hours to America and the West, posted in its entirety on X by the journalist, the Russian president also said he ruled out the idea of invading Poland or Latvia, two countries in which his country “has no interests”.
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“So far there have been rants and cries about (the need) to inflict a strategic defeat on Russia on the battlefield.”he told the former star host of Fox News, in a large room where the two men sat face to face in white armchairs. “But now they seem to realize that it is difficult to achieve, if not impossible. In my opinion, it is impossible by definition. It will never happen. It seems to me that now those in power in the West are also aware of this”added the one who launched the invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
Westerners “must think about what’s next”
“If this realization has been well understood, they must think about what comes next. We are ready for this dialogue”, he assured. The words of the master of the Kremlin, who spoke in Russian, were dubbed into English. Vladimir Putin also affirmed that it was possible to find an agreement for the release of American journalist Evan Gershkovich, detained in Russia for almost a year
The Russian president also affirmed that the election of a new American president, scheduled for November 5 and which should pit Republican Donald Trump against Democrat Joe Biden, would not change relations between the United States and Russia. “It is not a question of who the leader is, of the personality of a particular person,” he assured.