"He Wanted the War": Scholz: Putin Planned to Attack Ukraine for Years

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Former German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said that Russian President Vladimir Putin could implement his demands on Ukraine without the use of force, but went to war because he wanted it.

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Could Russia's invasion of Ukraine have been prevented by diplomacy and concessions? In the years before the attack, it was already too late, ex-cancer Scholz believes.

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"We also tested how far things could go," Scholz said.

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Former Chancellor Olaf Scholz is convinced that Vladimir Putin had planned the attack on Ukraine long in advance. At the book presentation "Failure," Scholz says: Moscow could have achieved its goals without war – but deliberately decided against it.

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"All of this could have been achieved without war, and in the end the Ukrainians would have complied, as would all of us. That means he wanted war," Scholz said.

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Putin decided on a full-scale attack on Ukraine at least two years before February 24, 2022 and consciously chose the path of war — Scholz. What you know, read TSN.ua (news 1+1).