Austrian Chancellor: Putin is confident of winning the war

WINA – Chancellor Austria Karl Nehammer says President Russia Vladimir Putin pretty sure about his military campaign in Ukraine even after Russian troops withdrew from that part of the country after weeks of stagnation.

Nehammer on Monday became the first EU leader to meet with Putin since Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24. In an interview with NBC’s “Meet the Press” on Saturday, Nehammer said his conversations with Putin were not “friendly” but “frank and loud.”

“I think he is now in his own logic of war. He thinks war is necessary for security guarantees for the Russian Federation. He doesn’t trust the international community. He blames Ukraine for the genocide in the Donbas region,” he was quoted as saying. Business InsiderSunday (17/4/2022).

When asked by host Chuck Todd if Putin thought he won the war, Nehammer said he thought he believed he won the war.

Nehammer said earlier this week that he was not very optimistic after his talks with Putin.

“I explained to Mr Putin, his attitude, his views are not shared by anyone,” Nehammer said at a news conference in Moscow.

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“He sees it as a kind of self-defense operation of the Russian federation. He calls it a special military operation. I call it war.”

Russian troops withdrew from the area around Kiev earlier this month after failing to capture the Ukrainian capital and were hit again this week after the warship Moskva was hit by a Ukrainian missile and sank.

Russian troops have regrouped to carry out a new offensive in the eastern Donbas region.

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