putin also endeavored to use the interview to absurdly portray russia as the wronged party, and not the initiator of russia’s unprovoked war of conquest against Ukraine.
Throughout the entire interview, he demonstrated that russia seeks to destroy Ukraine as a state. Additionally, the russian president continued to promote pseudo-history, attempting to deny Ukrainian statehood and nationality.
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In an interview with the US propagandist Tucker Carlson, vladimir putin also presented his vision of the history of World War II.
"The Poles went too far, pushing Hitler to start World War II by attacking them. Why was it against Poland that the war started on 1 September 1939? Poland proved to be uncompromising, and hitler had no choice but to start implementing his plans, starting with Poland," the president of russia stated.
The Polish Foreign Minister, Radosław Sikorski, commented on putin's statement on X (Twitter).
putin also exhibited his overarching hostility towards the West and falsely accused it of compelling russia to attack Ukraine. He reiterated a schizophrenic worldview, defining the weakening of the West and the dismantling of NATO as prerequisites for the russian-led multipolar world he aims to establish.
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