Michael McFaul: Putin ‘Was Paranoid’ About a Possible Ukrainian Attack on Victory Day Parade

McFaul: “It’s quite a thing on so many different levels. As you just said, this used to be the biggest celebration of Russian power, Soviet power. I attended this meeting when I was a us ambassador, as did all ambassadors. Usually heads of state used to come to us. And now it’s just going to be this tiny little ceremony. Allegedly, they took out 9000 seats. It’s going to be a very modest affair. But Putin was paranoid. He was afraid that they might be attacked. And from what I understand, he pled he pleaded with the Trump Administration to try to get this this cease fire for three days that Zelenskyy agreed to so that he wouldn’t have to worry about that. But just a few hours ago, Zelenskyy told him, in such a brilliant, humorous way, he put out a presidential decree saying, I’m allowing a parade on red square. And he marked out the parameters. But he said, only soldiers, no tanks or something like that, just to,”

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Michael McFaul: Putin ‘Was Paranoid’ About a Possible Ukrainian Attack on Victory Day Parade‘But he said, only soldiers, no tanks or something like that‘News & Politics,InternationalRUSH EXCERPT:McFaul: “It’s quite a thing on so many different levels. As you just said, this used to be the biggest celebration of Russian power, Soviet power. I attended this meeting when I was a us ambassador, as did all ambassadors. Usually heads of state used to come to us. And now it’s just going to be this tiny little ceremony. Allegedly, they took out 9000 seats. It’s going to be a very modest affair. But Putin was paranoid. He was afraid that they might be attacked. And from what I understand, he pled he pleaded with the Trump Administration to try to get this this cease fire for three days that Zelenskyy agreed to so that he wouldn’t have to worry about that. But just a few hours ago, Zelenskyy told him, in such a brilliant, humorous way, he put out a presidential decree saying, I’m allowing a parade on red square. And he marked out the parameters. But he said, only soldiers, no tanks or something like that, just to,”Video filesFullCompactSort byDateSummaryRelevancePopularityPer page81216Audio filesFullCompactSort byDateSummaryRelevancePopularityPer page81216Recipient e-mailMessage (optional)Preview

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