Three-time ex-premier and media mogul
Silvio Berlusconi appeared to dismiss Ukrainian President
Volodymyr Zelensky in record remarks to his centre-right Forza
Italia (FI) Tuesday, according to a recording by the Lapresse
news agency.
"I can't see how (Russian President Vladimir) Putin and Zelensky
can sit at a negotiating table," said the 86-year-old FI leader,
who was previously recorded as saying he had reconnected with
Putin, swapping bottles of vodka and lambrusco, as well as
"sweet" letters.
"Because there's no possible way. Zelensky, in my view...forget
about it, I can't say", the recording went on.
Berlusconi recently said Putin was pushed into the Ukraine war,
wanting to replace Zelensky with "decent" people.
photo: Berlusconi with partner and FI MP Marta Fascina, 32
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