Reference News, March 9 report, according to Russia's Sputnik News, March 8 report, Russian President Putin said that the relationship between the Kiev regime and Europe is very strange, giving the impression of "the tail wagging the dog," rather than the opposite.
When commenting on the relationship between the Kiev regime and Europe, Putin told Russian journalist Pavel Zarubin: "The situation is very strange, because my impression is that we are facing a case called 'the tail wags the dog,' not the opposite."
Putin called the Ukraine conflict a systemic mistake by Western countries.
He said: "One could say that everything that is happening now (the EU's support for the Kiev regime) is undoubtedly a mistake, first and foremost a mistake by Western countries. It is a systemic mistake."
President Putin believes that Western countries are now reaping what they have sown, suffering the consequences they planted in Ukraine.
Putin said: "You know where the Ukraine crisis comes from? It stems from Western countries' support for the coup in Ukraine, then the events in Crimea, the southeast of Ukraine, and the entire Donbas. Everything started here, everything stems from this."
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