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Berlusconi says Putin was 'pushed' to invade Ukraine

Spanish Socialist MEP Iratxe Garcia Perez for her part denounced "shocking remarks".

 

Por Silvio Berlusconi, former head of the Italian government who went with Vladimir Putin to Crimea after the annexation of the Russian province by Moscow in 2014, the master of the Kremlin was "pushed" by his population and his entourage to invade the ' Ukraine .

"Putin found himself in a really difficult and dramatic situation", explained Thursday evening in a political program on public television Rai the boss of Forza Italia (right) who is running for the legislative elections on Sunday in coalition with two extreme parties. right, Fratelli d'Italia by Giorgia Meloni and La Liga by Matteo Salvini .

These three formations should win the elections, according to the polls.

"A mission from the two pro-Russian republics of Donbass went to Moscow, spoke with everyone, the radios, the press, the television, with people from (Putin's) party, party ministers, and then went to him in delegation to tell him: +Zelensky has intensified the attacks of the Ukrainian forces against our forces on our borders. We are now at 16,000 dead. Please defend us because if you don't, we will we don't know what's going to happen," he said.

According to him, Putin was then "pushed by the Russian population, by his party, by his ministers, to engage in this special operation, that's what it was originally called, according to which Russian troops were to enter and in one week to rally kyiv, replace the Zelensky government with a government of decent people and in one week to leave".

His words sparked an outcry, and Silvio Berlusconi said Thursday that they had "extrapolated and simplified", evoking an "unjustifiable" war and reaffirming his support for NATO, the EU and the United States 

The leader of the Democratic Party (PD), Enrico Letta , given second place in the legislative elections behind Giorgia Meloni, castigated "scandalous and serious statements".

On Twitter, Pieyre-Alexandre Anglade, chairman of the European Affairs Commission of the National Assembly in France, accused Berlusconi, Meloni and Salvini of being "Putin's puppets".

"The consequences of this Sunday's elections in Italy will go beyond the borders of the peninsula. It is the unity of Europe against Russia that is also at stake," he said.

Russian President Vladimir Putin was "pushed" into the war on Ukraine to install a new government in Kyiv, former Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi said late on Thursday, in comments likely to concern Western allies ahead of Italy's election.

Mr. Berlusconi, whose Forza Italia party belongs to a right-wing coalition expected to win the general election on Sunday, is not new to defending Mr. Putin's actions in Ukraine. His comments highlight cracks in the coalition over the war.

Mr. Berlusconi, a personal friend of the Russian leader, downplayed Mr. Putin's warmongering instincts after he threatened to use nuclear weapons in the wake of suffering setbacks in Ukraine.

"Putin was pushed by the Russian people, by his party, by his ministers to invent this special operation," Mr. Berlusconi said, using the official Russian wording for the war.

Under Prime Minister Mario Draghi, Italy has been a staunch supporter of Western sanctions on Russia in response to its actions in Ukraine.

Giorgia Meloni of the far-right Brothers of Italy, tipped as the next premier, has pledged to stick to that position, but Mr. Berlusconi and her other ally Matteo Salvini have been more ambivalent.

Russia's plan was originally to conquer Kyiv "in a week", replace Ukrainian President Volodymir Zelenskiy with "a government of decent people" and get out "in another week," he added.

Giorgia Meloni of the far-right Brothers of Italy, tipped as the next premier, has pledged to stick to that position, but Mr. Berlusconi and her other ally Matteo Salvini have been more ambivalent.

Russia's plan was originally to conquer Kyiv "in a week", replace Ukrainian President Volodymir Zelenskiy with "a government of decent people" and get out "in another week," he added.

"I haven't even understood why Russian troops spread around Ukraine while in my mind they should have only stuck around Kyiv", Mr. Berlusconi insisted.

Mr. Putin's stated war aims have varied during the seven month war. Ukraine initially chased his troops from the Kyiv area, and more recently from the northeast near the Russia border. Mr. Putin now says the main aim is to secure territory in Ukraine's Donbas region partly controlled by pro-Russia separatists.

Speaking on Italian public television RAI, Mr. Berlusconi suggested Moscow's decision to invade came in response to an appeal by the separatists.

He said their leaders came to the Kremlin and directly told Mr. Putin, "please defend us, because if you do not defend us, we don't know where we could end up."

After Russia' annexation of Crimea in 2014, Mr. Berlusconi said that he visited the peninsula with Putin and saw locals come out and thank the Russian leader.

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