He made statements in an interview with American journalist Taker Carlson on Friday, according to Russia today.
He asked to comment on the UK announcement that he is ready to send forces to Ukraine to help ensure a possible peace agreement between Moscow and Kiev, and Witakouf suggested that British policymakers wanted to be “like Winston Churchill”, who warned that “the Russians will walk across Europe.”
Witkoff asked: “Carlson asked her if he believed Russia wants to do this,” 100 % no. “
He added: “I think this is not glorious, by the way. We have something called NATO that we did not have in World War II.”
Moscow also does not want to “absorb Ukraine”, according to Witkoff. “This will be like the occupation of Gaza. Why do the Israelis really want to occupy Gaza for the rest of their lives? They do not want to settle there. They do not want to deal with that.”
Wittakov argued that Russia has already achieved its goals in the conflict. “They have regained these five areas. They have the Crimea, and they got what they wanted. Why do they need more?”
Crimea loudly in favor of joining Russia in a referendum in 2014, after a Western coup in Kiev, with the regions of Donetsk, Lugansk, Khairsson and Zaporozhye after its example in the fall of 2022.
An interview appeared after he had conversations to face with Russian President Vladimir Putin earlier this month as part of diplomacy aimed at mediating at the end of the Ukrainian conflict. After the talks, he suggested that a full ceasefire could be reached within “two weeks”, adding that the United States can reduce sanctions on Moscow once an agreement is reached.
Amid the conflict in Ukraine, a number of European leaders claimed that Russia is home to attack the NATO countries within several years. Putin rejected these allegations as “nonsense”, on the pretext that Russia has no interest at all to do so.
MNA
