Ukrainian President Zelensky criticized an interview Tucker Carlson conducted with Russian President Putin, calling it “two hours of [expletive].”
Fox News’ Bret Baier said, “My former colleague, Tucker Carlson, recently traveled to Moscow and sat down for an interview with Vladimir Putin.”
“Did you happen to see that or coverage of it?” he asked Zelensky.
Zelensky replied, “I heard some messages in the media, and also my guys who are advisers told me. I don’t have time to hear more than two hours of [expletive] about us, about the world, about the United States, about our relations and this interview with a killer. I got some briefing what was there.”
When asked about Carlson claiming that Zelensky banned negotiations with Russia, Zelensky rejected this, saying negotiations are not possible while Russia has tanks and is occupying Ukrainian territory and killing Ukrainians.
“One of the things he did say is that you signed a decree forbidding any negotiations with rRussia and that he said Russia has never refused to negotiate,” said Baier.
Zelensky answered, “It’s not negotiations. Negotiations with tanks with occupation of Ukraine was destroying our people. It’s not about negotiations. That’s first thing. Secondly, everyone knows, and everyone will tell you both Macron and Schultz they talked to Putin before the occupation and he told that there would be no occupation, there would be no invasion. And like after that just half an hour before the invasion, he sent them a note. So he can’t be trusted. And whatever he’s promising, well, that’s nothing.”
He noted that both Macron and Schultz talked to Putin before the invasion and he denied plans to invade, then invaded half an hour later.
Zelensky said Putin cannot be trusted and whatever he promises means nothing.
He implied he did not have time to watch more than a brief overview of the interview due to it being full of untruths about Ukraine, the world and U.S.-Ukraine relations.
