Tucker Carlson claims Putin is keen to compromise on Ukraine

Vladimir Putin is keen to compromise on Ukraine, Tucker Carlson has claimed, saying he had an ‘off the report’ chat with the Russian president in Moscow.

The American discuss present host questioned the Russian chief final week in a blockbuster interview which noticed Putin management the narrative and make a collection of extraordinary claims about Moscow’s on-going invasion of Ukraine.

Carlson advised the World Government Summit in Dubai in a speech on Monday that primarily based on the pair’s dialogue, he believes Putin is now ready to come back to a compromise with Ukraine – two years after he launched his brutal invasion.

‘Of course, the very work of the leaders of any nation on this planet, besides maybe the United States throughout a unipolar world, forces them to discover a compromise. This is what is named diplomacy,’ Carlson stated, in response to the Russian News Agency TASS.

‘And he [Putin] is amongst them (leaders who’re prepared to hunt a compromise).’

Vladimir Putin is keen to compromise on Ukraine, Tucker Carlson has claimed, days after conducting an interview with the Russian president in Moscow

Carlson advised the World Government Summit in Dubai in a speech on Monday (pictured) that primarily based on the pair’s dialogue, he believes Putin is now ready to come back to a compromise with Ukraine – two years after he launched his brutal invasion

The controversial American additionally instructed that Putin would ‘not develop into extra open to negotiations’ as his invasion of Ukraine drags on.

Carlson stated Russia will solely get stronger, and that the West should think about this.

‘Over the previous few years, we’ve got discovered that Russian industrial capabilities are rather more elementary than we beforehand believed,’ he stated, in response to TASS.

‘It simply produces missiles and artillery shells whereas NATO doesn’t […]. Myself, I heard American officers say that they are going to return Crimea to Ukraine.

‘There isn’t any have to lecture Russia […] This is insanity.’

Carlson is reported to have additionally advised the summit that he had an ‘off the report’ dialogue with the Russian despot, however didn’t specify its content material.

The interview, held on Tuesday in Moscow and broadcast on Thursday, was the primary interview with a Western media determine for the reason that February 2022 invasion.

It noticed Putin take the chance to push his narrative on the conflict in Ukraine, urge Washington to acknowledge Moscow’s pursuits and press Kyiv to take a seat down for talks.

For greater than two hours, a largely unchallenged Putin showered Carlson with Russian historical past, propaganda, and Kremlin speaking factors.

Putin repeated his declare the full-scale invasion – which Kyiv and its allies describe as an unprovoked act of aggression – was to guard Russian pursuits and stop Ukraine from posing a risk to Russia by becoming a member of NATO.

Ukraine has repeatedly stated it might not come to a compromise with Russia that concerned giving up its land, and has stated it’s decided to liberate all its land occupied by Moscow’s forces – together with the Donbas area and Crimea – which have been annexed by Russia however are nonetheless extensively recognised as Ukrainian territory.

Appearing assured and comfortable, Putin made occasional pleasant jabs at Carlson, who appeared baffled by the historical past lecture and tried to interject questions.

Nevertheless, the 71-year-old Russian chief stayed on matter for over 20 minutes, going again over 800 years to lecture his American visitor on Russia’s previous.

Carlson did not ask Putin about conflict crimes Russian troops have been accused of in Ukraine, or about his relentless crackdown on dissent at dwelling.

Putin stated it is as much as Washington to cease supplying weapons to Ukraine, which he referred to as a US ‘satellite tv for pc,’ and persuade Kyiv to barter, saying a deal was the way in which to finish the conflict.

‘We have by no means refused negotiations,’ Putin stated. ‘You ought to inform the present Ukrainian management to cease and are available to a negotiating desk.’

Russian President Vladimir Putin (proper) attends an interview with US discuss present host Tucker Carlson on the Kremlin in Moscow, February 9 2024

Putin stated the West will not reach inflicting a ‘strategic defeat’ on Russia in Ukraine and rejected allegations that Moscow harbors plans to assault Poland or different NATO international locations.

Russian media on Friday gave the interview blanket protection, with main broadcasters displaying excerpts and one state information company describing it as ‘a dagger blow by the curtain of propaganda of the dishonest media of the civilized world.’

Before leaving Fox, Carlson repeatedly questioned the validity of U.S. assist for Ukraine following Russia’s invasion, asking why Americans are advised to hate Putin a lot. His commentaries had been often circulated on Russian state-run media.

Asked why the Kremlin granted Carlson’s interview request out of many from Western media, Putin spokesman Dmitry Peskov stated the previous Fox host’s place is completely different from a ‘one-sided’ stance by different shops.