'Putin told me he did not want Ukraine to exist' - Former EU Commission chief, José Manuel Barroso

[@jpr1370]

'Putin told me he did not want Ukraine to exist' . - that's funny. And I don;t want putin to exist. Dugin neither. Both are blights on humanity.

[@Joe_Terra_Citizen]

What kind of man seeks to cancel an entire country?

[@robertjamesonmusic]

A nut job

[@dannnyboyyyyy7877]

one who grew up in the era of the great soviet union which collapsed,lost territory and influence. he wants to restore the Russian empire. he has billions and flies with fighter jets on side of him. what else could a man want? a country. 🇺🇦. hes so sick he justifies it to his people as something else and russians support the war without actually knowing whats going on

[@ma228]

Nataniyahu

[@Jamie-uk2zh]

@@ma228Palestine is and never has been a country

[@gene_b]

Mentally challenged?

[@RalphdontGAF]

Russian sympathisers: "Imagine if Russia put military bases in Canada or Mexico." A better analogy: Imagine Britain invaded Ireland because Ireland wanted to pursue a different political path, independent of Great Britain. And Imagine Britain tried to justify bombing and shelling Irish cities and towns into rubble because Ireland was "historically British." Ukraine have their own language and identity, and Russia hasn't always treated them well. A lot of the time, Russia oppressed them. Today, Russia is being outperformed by countries like Poland and Czech Republic. So it's totally rational for Ukraine to pivot to the EU rather than Russia. It doesn't require any supposed "CIA coup." It requires a basic understanding of geography and economics. It's like pretending East Germany never wanted to reunite with West Germany. Or Poland secretly enjoyed being a communist country. Russia has a pre-war life expectancy of 69 years. That only happens in a country with severe economic problems.

[@christianevanherck6023]

Putin's worst fear is that the Russian people will see Ukrainians living a better life in a free society and will figure out that oppression does not improve their lives.

[@tanyalev5486]

Thank you for rational explanation and being on our side, the Ukrainians. I dare correcting that there is a minimum of so-called Russian Ukrainians in Ukraine, a minority. They are Russians moved to Ukraine to replace the 10 million of Ukrainians that Russia starved to death in the 30th and millions that it deported to Siberia within 1920-1980s. The population of my country is called Ukrainians, thank you. Being called a Russian Ukrainian is a major offence. The fact that the East spoke Russian in the cities is a result of imposed russification, Thank you for your understanding. Hopefully, the world will get to know the true history soon, ie the history of Russian lies throughout the centuries.

[@drakker2116]

@@tanyalev5486 40% of ukrainian citizens speak and think in russian, before it was 60%. By the way, nobody imposed russification in the East of Ukraine.

[@drakker2116]

The East of Ukraine strongly opposed to the Maidan

[@RalphdontGAF]

@drakker2116 Scotland strongly supported independence from the United Kingdom. Nearly 100% of constituencies in Scotland voted for the Scottish National Party in 2015, a party that supports independence from the United Kingdom. Yet today, Scotland remains part of the UK. By your reasoning, Scotland should resort to aggression. The Scots are clearly being persecuted.

[@rafflesmaos]

To all the victims of russian propaganda in the comments whining about 2014: Yanukovich was elected by Ukrainians based on his promise that he'd sign for an EU trade agreement. In 2013, right as he was about to sign it, he had a (now not so) secret meeting with putin where putin pressured Yanukovich to sign with russia instead. So at the last moment, he said that he will not sign with the EU but will sign with russia instead. The Ukrainian people who elected him based on the EU trade deal promise were rightfully angry and started protesting. So the only "coup" and "political interference" was coming directly from russia and putin. The rest is history - Yanukovich brutally supressing the protests, running away to russia, and putin using the opportunity that he himself created to invade and annex Crimea as well as create unrest in the Donbas by sending Igor Girkin and similar "volunteers" there.

[@DebsLaRue]

Nice summary

[@sebji9581]

Ukrainian propaganda version.

[@rafflesmaos]

@@sebji9581 Facts version, deal with it unless you have actual counterarguments.

[@Cocoluna66]

@@rafflesmaos You are close but not close enough, the devil is in the details: Go and figure

[@rafflesmaos]

@@Cocoluna66 Another one with no actual counterarguments.

[@natalieturko4808]

Ukraine existed (under a couple of names, one being "Land of the Cossacks"), over 600 years BEFORE Muscovy. It has its own unique history, culture, language, traditions, and aristocracy. Russia has tried to destroy Ukraine on 3 occasions; when it was under Imperialist Russia, then Bolshevik/Stalin's Russia, and now Putin's Russia.

[@mikaellindroos1594]

Do you mean high heeis dude from Kreml.

[@onuraksaray8335]

That is maam a lie. It's those Cossacs who with their own will joined the "Muscovites"

[@edindoffer687]

absolutely. that is why my great grandparents left for the USA. I am so glad they did

[@aburakadabura2]

The United States provided a large amount of military aid to the Soviet Union during World War II, which fought against Nazi Germany, but after the war, the US Congress exempted the payment of aid that arrived in the Soviet Union before May 1945 on the grounds that it would hinder reconstruction. First of all, Russia's annexation of Crimea in 2014 was illegal and violated international commitments, no matter what excuse Putin makes. In 1991, the Russian leader invited the leaders of Ukraine and Belarus to Khrushchev's villa for a meeting. At the meeting, they pledged to respect and not violate each other's borders, which had been established at the time. Later, in 1994, Russia met with the UK and the US in Budapest and signed a pledge to "guarantee Ukraine's security and territorial integrity" in exchange for Ukraine handing over 1,500 nuclear warheads to Russia. However, 20 years later in 2014, Russia's Putin used an arbitrary pretext to unilaterally break the pledge and forcibly annex Crimea. Putin has illegally violated two international commitments. In the civilized world, the law requires that if a contract is terminated midway, the recipient of the goods (in this case, nuclear warheads) is obligated to return all of the goods to the other party (Ukraine).

[@andreaserafini1688]

In this summary you forgot two dates: 2007, Putin's speech in Munich 2014, the coup in Ukraine You should consider the entire sequence plan of events and not just the still images that are convenient!

[@LasseEklof]

@@andreaserafini1688 "2007, Putin's speech in Munich" - what is the meaning of the speech. Putin can think and say what he wants, but that doesn't change any laws or concluded agreements. "2014, the coup in Ukraine" - the only coup that happened in Ukraine in 2014 was when Russia illegally invaded and occupied Donbas and when Putin's "green men" illegally invaded and annexed Crimea. Then you also forgot the fact that UN Declarations have since 1945 prohibited the invasion and annexation of other countries' territories - this has Russia also violated.

[@andreaserafini1688]

@@LasseEklof Just rhetoric and hypocrisy! Inside the 2007 speech are all the (unresolved) international problems of today, one by one. And evoking an international law is not enough to justify the disaster we are witnessing. This has been a proxy war from the beginning, only an strongly conditioned person would say otherwise! And then sorry: The EU doesn't have a foreign policy, why should anyone listen to its representatives?

[@ytrewq-c2p]

@@LasseEklof all facts show that NATO instigated coup in Ukraine. Also Russian troops were never in Donbass only in Crimea. Also UN declarations mean nothing to US whitch it started this war in first place.

[@FrancaLandi-xf8eb]

sono sempre affari nazionali allora che facciamo ci sono stati colpi di stato in tutto il mondo in questi anni guarda x esempio in africa allora che facciamo non ci stà bene e l'attacchiamo tipo nel niger

[@JiTiAr35]

I've never known this Jose dude until now. I like this guy. He speaks directly without hesitation.

[@chris-tal]

My thoughts exactly ! 👍

[@duartesimoes508]

The last person you would want in your Government, believe me. I remember him too well.

[@UFOs-x6z]

Do you know the history of Portugal mass killing !

[@ruifaustino4944]

@@duartesimoes508 🤣🤣🤣 controversial in his own country, but an effective bureaucrat in the EU without a doubt

[@gene_b]

Pootin definitely has some serious mental issues.

[@ДОТА-ц3й]

Если бы у него были бы проблемы, он погрузил бы весь мир в ад. Это благодаря ему всё ещё не началось 3 МВ.

[@gene_b]

@ДОТА-ц3й благодаря ему началась первая полномасштабная война в Европе после второй мировой и значительно вырос шанс начала третей. А наличие психической болезни не означает, что он за свою шкуру не переживает. Вспомни как он вел себя в ковид.

[@gene_b]

@@ДОТА-ц3й yeah.. I bet he believes something like that too.

[@volkerhartnegg8211]

People from Moscow and Leningrad want to benefit from territorial gains, therefore they support Putlers invasion.

[@GM-lq7sw]

Idiot

[@dreinhard52]

Ukraine WILL get Crimea back !

[@axelvanhooren6325]

Ukraine MUST get Crimea back !

[@Jeffcrocodile]

dream on

[@PlainMirrorIntl]

A totally lost course for the Nazis.😂😂

[@georgeblackley6028]

Dreams, dreams.

[@LOLONO666]

no way

[@GuillaumeVrac]

I agree with all except Crimea has to stay in Ukraine even with a special status. If not it’s the end of democracy, laws and international order.

[@onuraksaray8335]

"If not" lol then let's already call it the end.

[@jdg9999]

Just like Kosovo has to stay in Serbia, right?

[@GuillaumeVrac]

@@jdg9999 No

[@jdg9999]

@@GuillaumeVrac Right, so typical neocon hypocrite. You have zero moral authority.

[@HanSolo__]

@@onuraksaray8335 You are who to say it?

[@gorgana5]

Pure Evil

[@uschurch]

Putin?

[@tobiastrier]

Crimea belongs to Ukraine. And Barroso is just a coward.

[@mikelluna5925]

Ukr is Russ

[@uschurch]

@@mikelluna5925 say no to drugs

[@chirpywiggins5796]

Most of the world doesn't want Purin to exist

[@Orray]

russians dont want putin to exist

[@Truth-p7n]

Not true

[@JustAnotherWorldview]

​The rest of the World don't want the west to exist😂😂😂😂​@@Truth-p7n

[@lotcam4046]

Let me correct you, it's the US Empire( US, Canada, UK, Ukraine, some eastern European countries) that doesn't want Putin to exist, other than them everyone is fine with Putin instead fortunate with Putin, ////

[@petrilio]

Well, he is Don Trumpleone's BFF.

[@zwillinge3116]

He is so right ! Thank you for this Interview !

[@duartesimoes508]

Here in Portugal no one remembers this man foundly. He resigned and ran to Brussels very shortly after being elected Prime Minister because that's where the Prestige and big money was, taking everyone by surprise and forcing elections. His Socialist successor would _virtually_ bankrupt the country in short time and end up arrested. Ten years afterwards he is yet to stand trial. For many politicians, being elected Prime Minister or President is nothing but a springboard to Brussels, where you really can became millionaire in very short time without doing virtually _nothing useful._ Then they say that Ukraine is corrupt. How disgusting. 🤮

[@jhutfre4855]

same thing happens in other smaller countries, when it comes to European parliament for instance, nobody wishes to be a member of their own parliament but wishes to go to Strasbourg or wherever the European parliament is located.

[@uschurch]

How's that Barrosos fault when you elect an incompetent successor?

[@pieterviljoen1620]

Anyone knows these are habitual liars.

[@youfoundme2022]

So for Ukraine to try and negotiate peace with Putin is rather pointless then.

[@80-80.]

At this point yes, he will not accept anything but a Russian victory. When Putin is 75 or 80, it will be a different story.

[@pavlokachor6544]

Yes. Exactly. And everyone here in Ukraine knows that. And we know that now because of russian propaganda in the West, but because we can listen to the russian internal propaganda directly. That is why our government is so vocal on NATO membership and no other alternative. No appeasement will work, only deterrence. Russians have to be physically unable to continue pushing the war on.

[@aburakadabura2]

In 2000, Russia held its first presidential election, and Putin, who pledged to "democratize Russia and double the national economy," was elected. In 2002, Putin joyfully attended the NATO conference held in Rome and requested that Russia join NATO. For Putin at the time, who made economic development his top priority, joining NATO and the EU was an urgent issue. However, since the progress of democratization had not yet met the NATO standards, Russia was treated as an associate member for the time being. It was only natural that Ukraine, seeing this, would aim to join NATO or the EU. However, after that, Putin suddenly stopped democratizing Russia and steered toward decretarism. He then turned his back on NATO, which called for democratization, and began to distance himself from it, becoming hostile and hating NATO, which persistently demanded democratization. In other words, Ukraine is a victim at the mercy of Putin's selfishness and has no responsibility. Putin's selfish behavior and selfish territorial desires are solely responsible.

[@andreaserafini1688]

@@aburakadabura2 ...democratisation for entry in NATO? Is it a joke? And Turkey, is enough democratic? The NATO countries were other plans for the Russian Federation: destabilisation of Chechnya, for example...

[@Cocoluna66]

🙄According to those fine standards, Urkaini been the MOST Corrupt Country in Europa was never going to be accepted in EU neither NAFO So they just took the bait to fight a Proxy until the last Urkanian. It all was planned since early 90s you can read about it in The Wolfowitz Doctrine ;)

[@dreinhard52]

Those sanctions were extremely weak in 2014. You guys were and are spineless !

[@peabase]

And whose guys are you?

[@crazystuff9726]

No they weren't, they hit me, an Average russian citizen pretty harshly, my salary went from 1000 usd to 500 usd. Plus inflation. So those idi otic "democrats" in europe made me hate them even more.

[@gotothebennymother]

I’m not sure about the author of the comment above, but as it was mentioned in the video, European countries/politicians were unwilling to go to war with russia and still are. They cared about their countries’ interests more than the security of Europe in general in 2014 (no sanctions on oil and gas, agriculture, banking sector, etc) but Ukrainians are fighting the evil state and they are not afraid of russia. So, no need to speculate - we know which countries are spineless and which are not.

[@williambranch4283]

I don't want Russia to exist, but I am not an evil dictator fortunately ;-)

[@antoniopags1185]

Nem mais 🇵🇹

[@SangayTshering-i6c]

Wow…. Great talk.

[@Howiex-is8gq]

Well. Putin did say " Ukraine government put your hands up,"And military surrender. .kyiv in three days also

[@GODDIESANMAGOBA12]

This man is crazy, he just talking nonsense

[@thilomanten8701]

I feel the same about PooTins Ruzzia...including all its inhabitants that support him.

[@donnacollins1356]

🇺🇲❤️🇺🇦 Glory to Ukraine 💙💛 Everything is Ukraine 🇺🇦

[@Jamie-uk2zh]

🤡

[@gene_b]

​@@Jamie-uk2zhyou sound like a rizzi bot

[@gene_b]

@@Jamie-uk2zh prigozhin?

[@minimal8187]

Northern Ireland is part of the rest of Ireland and not part of the British empire

[@alhambrabiker1476]

@@minimal8187Kaliningrad is part of Germany not Russia. Kiribati islands are part of Japan not Russia. Siberia is part of China.

[@considerthis7712]

Explain why Crimea is a special case… Ukraine leased its port use, which occurs in many places in the world. He’s an idiot.

[@murphyng4511]

talking evil

[@jameskellogg83]

The enormous mistake that the US and the rest of NATO made in regard to Russia and Ukraine was in not stopping Russia's aggression at the very beginning. In 2014, when Russia illegally annexed Ukraine, Putin/Russia should have been told that if they did not return control of Crimea immediately, they would find themselves facing military forces of the collective West in Crimea. The reason that this did not happen is because of imaginary concerns about nuclear weapons. Russia is no longer a superpower and has not been one since the collapse of the Soviet Union. It has a second tier military and a third tier economy. It should be able to easily defeat Ukraine, but it can't even do that. The only thing that makes Russia dangerous as a foe is the large number of nuclear weapons that it has. But I would strongly suggest that it has nuclear weapons that it dares not use. If it did use them, Russia would be destroyed and they are very well aware of it. Putin's "nuclear saber rattling" is nothing more than a bluff. Sadly, his bluffing has been highly effective at deterring the West from taking appropriate action. If countries must immediately bow down to a nuclear armed state, then it would follow that everyone must allow North Korea to do whatever they feel like also. This is a completely crazy mindset to have. It would mean that any nuclear armed rogue nation can do whatever it wants to do. This is obviously not an acceptable idea, but it is pretty much what is happening in the conflict between Russia and Ukraine. I can no longer remember the name of the person, but I saw a British military expert commenting on the war in Ukraine and he said that if Russia did not have nuclear arms, NATO forces would have kicked Russia out of Ukraine. This is almost surely true and it is pretty pathetic. NATO should grow a backbone and if they had more courage, Russian forces would not be in Ukraine.

[@Dutch_Van_Gogh]

Ukraine is fighting with the full support of the collective NATO weaponry, equipment and intelligence capabilities. And the size of Ukrainian military has been participating in NATO operations in Africa, Middle East, Latin America and Europe, so they possess experience necessary. So it's not that Russia is fighting only Ukraine. Russia is fighting NATO capabilities utilized by Ukrainian soldiers and PMCs. Also, Russia has the capacity of wiping out Ukraine rather quickly but the it uses "lighter" missiles and doesn't normally target civilians, hence there are not that many civilian casualties (relatively speaking). Of course, there are cases when missiles hit civilians on both sides but it looks like for the most part it's not intentional. To compare this to the real disregard for civilians, one should look at Israel-Gaza conflict. Russia-Ukraine war is not even close.

[@earlofderwent]

barroso not sheeps sheep

[@Luigi13]

Time will always reveal the true colors of any issues. People react emotionally at best until they have no alternatives left.

[@amunra5330]

He is lying

[@SonicPhonic]

Did he tell Europeans to stop buying Russian oil and gas after Putin said he wanted to destroy Ukraine? Why is he quoting the Bible? Has he not heard of the separation of religion and politics?

[@Smilezc]

Another lies.

[@noelheim]

Barroso lies.

[@bystander1s]

Well, nobody expected Ukraine to survive in Feb 2022, so his opinion abt Crimea is nothing more than shaking the air

[@KhenamcioAmacio]

No wonder this site of hypocrisy..

[@axelvanhooren6325]

If Ukraine is part of EU, then Putin failed, but Ukraine lost as well. Putin won Crimea and Crimea allows the control of the Black Sea, maritime traffic from and to Ukraine. Donbass is rich in resources. This is a gain for Russia as well. And the Ukrainian population under russian occupation is suffering. Who wants to sacrifice them? Ceding any inch of territory is a failure of the West and of the international community. Ukraine must get back to its 1991 borders (at least).

[@peabase]

You must've missed that Russia's Black Sea fleet has been rendered ineffective, since Russia can't risk losing more vessels.

[@davidkottman3440]

​@@peabase The Black Sea fleet can & will be reconstituted as soon as hostilities cease. Russia has plenty of ships in the Caspian, Baltic, Arctic, & Pacific fleets to transfer some into the Black Sea as soon as the Dardanelle straits are open & the Kerch strait is safe. The old ships will remain sunk, but the absence of a Black Sea fleet is only temporary.

[@ricardomadleno564]

Well Ukraine used to be totally under Russian influence so getting around 80% of its land to be armed and allied to the west is actually a major victory for the west and it doesn’t stop there. The west has won Finland and Sweden to join them this not only more than doubles NATO’s border with Russia but it makes the Baltic Sea into a NATO lake which means Russia barely has any way of getting ships into Europe since Turkey(also a NATO member) closes their entry into the Mediterranean Sea. Moreover Russia has lost the last influence it had on Europe by losing its oil and gas exports. Also Russia was still undergoing recuperation from wartorned Soviet Union collapse and it has now begun a new war economy period which will definitely hurt both economically and demografically a few years from now when the war has already ended. The west has won much more than Russia and it has lost nothing while Russia lost a lot from this.

[@peabase]

@@davidkottman3440 Russia will have its work cut out replacing the massive material losses suffered by its land army. The navy will not be priority, not for a long while. Also, Ukraine's relatively cheap missiles and drones will continue to pose a mortal danger to Russia's Black Sea fleet in the event of another conflict. Russia will have to do a thorough cost-benefit analysis. It doesn't look good for your ships.

[@davidkottman3440]

@peabase If the war is over, Ukraine cannot continue to sink the navy ships, if Crimea is not returned to Ukraine, they have no claim on the territorial waters that they've been fighting for control of.... You're being short sighted to dismiss the importance of the Black Sea. So far, the Russian Navy has suffered less damage than the Army... the ships can & will be repositioned in peace time in preparation for the next conflict wherever it may be.

[@mhpt74]

José Manuel Barroso has come a long way since he was a maoist in his student days. There is a time for everything! 😊😊😊

[@davidnavarro4821]

Interesting interview but it seems like Barroso is indulging in gossiping when talking about Putin. Putin is on record saying multiple times Ukraine is an independent and sovereign State and he ascribes its creation to the Soviet Union not the CIA…

[@onuraksaray8335]

Not gossiping but literally lying.

[@mikebadou722]

Paid lies

[@levisonmthawanji4232]

Don't think the world doesn't understand the USAs and EUs autho

[@gene_b]

yeah, ok, ivan

[@georgeblackley6028]

This is the man who did all he could to prevent Scotland becoming an independent nation because he was afraid Catalonia would leave Spain.

[@BelloAlhassan-p4t]

The Global South have their own priorities is not what is happening in Europe , is not western style of democracy , OK .

[@puraLusa]

who nominated/ elected u spokesperson of global south? Which org represents unity of said global south? I'll answer u: no one, there isn't any. Conclusion: u have a strong case of supremacism whereupon u consider urself the representative/ dictator of the will of an entire half of the globe. Don't fail art school...

[@MerryXmasMfkrs]

It will be your problem if this ends up in a nuclear conflict and the whole planet turns into a radiated wasteland. Good luck living in the nuclear fallout, ignoranimus 🤡

[@onuraksaray8335]

​@@puraLusathe hell are you on about ? He is just making a point which is true 😂

[@luisgomes8226]

Because of the large number of times Barroso claims to have met Putin, it becomes even more clear and concerning his continued lack of insight and underestimation of Putin and his capabilities...scary as old José is not alone in his arrogance among European leaders...

[@puraLusa]

He is a traitor to his own country so he is probably ready to betray EU too.

[@MerryXmasMfkrs]

​​@@puraLusaHe is not a traitor to our country. Incompetent, definately, but not a traitor. You Cheganos use the term "traitor" at anything. Shitty social media "politiquing" based on visceral emotions, not real political choice based on reflection about facts.

[@DebsLaRue]

He does not strike me as arrogant. Putin does.

[@puraLusa]

@DebsLaRue he is a sell out not arrogant.

[@luisgomes8226]

@@DebsLaRue He does not come across as arrogant but he certainly is grandiose in the sense of, just like the other stooges that currently run the EU, that they could dictate to a military superpower how their new globalist world order that they want to impose on the world is going to be played out in Ukraine and just expect due to their superiority this old power would just accept and shut up. Whatever one thinks of Putin it is obvious that he is no pushover and Barroso after meeting him 25 times, as he claims, should have seen that much. I truly think that it was his arrogance over a supposed superiority of the EU and US that led him to completely underestimate Putin and now we are close to a nuclear confrontation...

[@georgebourlos1430]

Putin 's Obsession with Ukraine was evident when he met Bush

[@aburakadabura2]

The 2014 Ukrainian coup d'état was a drama of people protesting against leaders who broke their promises to the people, and the leaders, frightened by this, abandoned their duties and fled to a foreign country. This is similar to the case of Peruvian President Fujimori. The Minsk Agreement was concluded in February 2015, a year after Russia broke the Budapest agreement, suddenly crossed the eastern border, and unilaterally annexed Crimea. At the time, the Ukrainian military was weak and did not have the military power to fight the Russian military, so it was forcibly concluded under the military threat of the Russian military. Looking at the contents of the agreement, it can be divided into a "normalization process" that includes "disarmament of forces calling for separatism" and "returning control of the border between pro-Russian forces and Russia to the Ukrainian side," and a "political process" that gives the pro-Russian forces a "special status" as a de facto autonomy. The agreement was contradictory from the beginning, and the positions of both sides were so different that neither side followed the agreement process, and the "disarmament of pro-Russian forces" was not implemented. Although the expression "special status = high degree of autonomy" was used, it did not recognize the "independence of the eastern region." Not to mention the military invasion by Russia in 2022, which was based on a unilateral pretext, the "independence of the Luhansk and Donetsk regions" is a clear violation of the Minsk Agreement by Russia. The logic of Putin's pretext of requesting military intervention from an "illegally established state" that is not recognized by the international community is itself flawed from the beginning under international law. It is exactly the same as Hitler's method of forcibly annexing Czechoslovakia, claiming that "German residents are being persecuted." All UN member states that joined the UN by pledging to abide by the UN Charter, which states that "the sovereignty of other states shall not be taken away by military force," can never tolerate such lawlessness in violation of the terms of the agreement.

[@puraLusa]

My dude UN is incompetent and unreliable if not outright corrupt. Besides that, yup ur right.

[@christianevanherck6023]

By definition, a coup d'état is when members of a country’s political elite, most often military officers, seize power by force. That is not what happened in Kyiv in 2014. Yanukovych was not removed as the result of machinations of his country’s political or military elite.

[@davidkottman3440]

​@@christianevanherck6023 It was a popular uprising... Nothing like that ever succeeds without the support of the people!

[@dichebach]

2:19 Certain interests in Europe were making fantastic money from "working constructively with Russia." Certain political leaders in European nations with friendly relations with such people were more than happy to turn a blind eye to Putin's genocidal imperialism. Even today, many European leaders refuse to acknowledge the full reality of the situation. I don't know who this Barroso guy is, or specifically what role he played in the appeasement of the Putin despotism and its prosecution of war in Ukraine and elsewhere. But opening with some nonsense about "we tried to work constructively with Russia" tells me enough: unwilling to accept the hard truths and state them with sufficient clarity and boldness to galvanize real change, not worth listening to by anyone who is concerned with humanity.

[@Highpookie]

Putin is too intelligent to say tremendous stupid things, but this seems like a stupid lie.

[@18_rabbit]

yes crimea is lower odds of returning IF UKR lacks appropro weapons systems and rights to fully use them against assets in RU. A coalition of the wiling should help retake southern Ukr, bcuz its' needed for Ukr's future economy to ensure shipping ease into even just the Odesa area ports! Otherwise, EU and US et al cannot conceivably invest in the rebuilding and econ expansion of Ukr postwar. THINK! Act now with a coalition to fight russia out of the southfo Ukr and other border areas

[@davidkottman3440]

Yes, the safety & assurance of the Black Sea remaining International waters for global shipping is actually more important to the rest of the world than the occupied territory.

[@vandergruff]

“I’m a liar.” - Former EU Commission chief, José Manuel Barroso told me.

[@paladro]

so he told the truth and you cried in the kremlin toliets.

[@GM-lq7sw]

​@@paladroeducate yourself

[@joe_ninety_one5076]

We are all liars. We learn it as soon as we learn to speak. Only in Russia is it elevated to a national religion.

[@Puleczech]

@@GM-lq7sw On what?

[@operator9858]

press f for doubt....

[@Siranoxz]

I want Ukraine to remain it is like any other EU country.

[@Cocoluna66]

You should advice them to go back to NEUTRALITY as it was stated in the 91 Independence Declaration but TBH it's quite fairly too late

[@renatacaramaschi445]

Thanks ..this man is a good guy ..

[@duartesimoes508]

Clearly you don't know him! Just another one suffering from uncontrollable ambition...

[@meagi6116]

Ukraine can be Russia both speak same language🤣

[@TheRajmoney]

I thought no ones allowed to talk to putin, except for CNN and BBC

[@kaalkikali]

Simply BS

[@VladislavSurkov-v4h]

senior adviser " and "non-executive chairman" of Goldman Sachs International[3] and became subject of an ethics inquiry. From wikipedia. 😂what Barroso think or say intelligent people don't trust.

[@abcatos]

Where is evidence that Putin said so?

[@MacTanz]

It is obvious from his attitude

[@Puleczech]

You have to be special kind of dense to not see the evidence unfold right in front of your eyes.

[@zzzbyyy]

Where is proof he didn't?

[@Puleczech]

I suggest you check out Russian state TV which regularly features guests who claim exactly that.

[@toja123]

Putin wrote essay “on historical unity of Russians and Ukrainians” where he suggests as much as Ukraine is not a real country. Is it the evidence he said something in private? No. Is there an evidence you are a real person? No.

[@tanyalev5486]

Thank you! Great Madam Interviewer!

[@joaovemba6973]

Nem everyone can lie about putin ,jokers 😅

[@luisgomes8226]

It is men like this that brought us to this place in history where nuclear war is becoming more of a reality. The incompetence of Western leaders is extremely concerning...

[@puraLusa]

He is a traitor to his own country, he left when he just had been elected. Root cause is that he was accepted albeit doing this, no ethical code in the political class of eu.

[@MerryXmasMfkrs]

​@@puraLusaStop spamming your lies.

[@puraLusa]

@@MerryXmasMfkrs my coment was deleted. How did a spew any lie. Also, how can someone spam when that someone doesn't copy paste coments. Finally, who nominated u the exclusive owner of the truth? Are u superior to the rest of us?

[@MerryXmasMfkrs]

@puraLusa I'm portuguese and 58 years-old. I was fully adult, with a career and a mortgage to pay, when Barroso was PM. He was incompetent but not a traitor. How hold are you? 30? 35?

[@MerryXmasMfkrs]

@puraLusa Am I to take a gamer dudette for serious?

[@vitorlopes2064]

I trust putin more than I trust Barroso

[@Xsh755]

Another München Betrayal in the making sponsored by 🏴 Very sad to hear!

[@earlofderwent]

nato should cooperate with russia without spreading towards russian

[@agradina]

1)oil prices down 2)economic sanctions rusia kaput

[@russellthomas4587]

There are millions of people that wished Putin did not exist.

[@80-80.]

*More than a billion. Maybe even 2 billion.

[@ephraimbevilacqua5564]

There are billions praying for him too to cancel this wicked western hegemony🙏🙏

[@tanyam5471]

Putin is whatever you think but not stupid. He would never say something like that to this weirdo.

[@peabase]

Explain this military adventure that has led to an economic disaster for Russia, to say nothing of the eye-watering military losses. It bears reminding that this was and is a war of choice for Russia.

[@DebsLaRue]

Stupid is as stupid does.

[@schopen-hauer]

he was head of eu for years, making deals with russian gas.

[@joaomartins828]

One thing must be considered, in the occupied land in ukraine will never be a place to live, probably no mans land

[@davidkottman3440]

Maybe, many towns & cities in Europe looked the same way in 1945.

[@Cocoluna66]

But in liberated Mariupol life is thriving and the city rebuilt after years of Azov Scum Harassing

[@alhambrabiker1476]

@ correction not “liberated” illegally occupied like Germans used to occupy it during world war 2. Wagner founder Utkin with fasisct swastika all over his body is not a Scum?

[@DumitruNanu-zn3sp]

acelelasi idsei de a conduce alte state sub un singur steag al ue adica dictatura nu o organizatie bazata pe principul de relatii reciproc avantajoase economice si financiare

[@carlosarias4319]

Barroso is incredibly erudite.

[@МихаилКарпов-ч7ж]

Ukraine is created by European comission, are you serious, Barosso?

[@MerryXmasMfkrs]

He's describing Putin's words, not his.

[@Jeffcrocodile]

Maybe the "Ukraine in NATO" was also mentioned, was a mistake that got us into this mess. He forgot that.

[@YarUnderoaker]

Why NATO is threat for Russia?

[@simonhauk1372]

There was no plan for Ukraine to join NATO. There were talks for Georgia and Ukraine to join in 2008 but ultimately both were denied out of fear of angering Russia. Now look what happened to Georgia and Ukraine afterwards.

[@ytrewq-c2p]

@@simonhauk1372 yeah if only NATO didn't do coups there...

[@simonhauk1372]

@@ytrewq-c2p there was no coup, there were two major revolutions in Ukraine.

[@joseserra5678]

@@simonhauk1372 just by chance? Oops?

[@Patendyck76]

He’s not telling the truth, these people lie so much that they have lost any semblance of reality. Seek the truth.

[@Puleczech]

Where exactly? Be concrete.

[@DebsLaRue]

This is standard slippery propaganda, saying he is lying. Standard Russian propaganda technique #3: Accuse the other side of exactly what you are doing.

[@Am-pk3zh]

They are always talking about Russian casualties not mention single NAZIS losses 😂😂😂

[@Skippylani]

Because there are no NAZIS

[@wordscapes5690]

Why is everyone ignoring the huge orange elephant in the room. In a few months, Ukraine will be virtually on its own.

[@DebsLaRue]

You wish. Ukraine is supported by virtually all of Europe, and all of the Western world. It is Russia that is isolating itself.

[@wordscapes5690]

@ Germany is already in talks with Russia. Where America leads, NATO follows. The cowardice displayed by the Americans in their recent election of a criminal Putinista, and now the Germans negotiating with the criminal in the Kremlin, disgusts and horrifies me.

[@wordscapes5690]

@ And no - I certainly do NOT wish. However, I also do not stuff my head in the sand.

[@DebsLaRue]

@@wordscapes5690 OK, I understand you now. Thank you.

[@onuraksaray8335]

​@@DebsLaRue"virtually" lol. This war is lost. And it's because of the mistakes of your own politicians. Learn to live with it.

[@Francis-hw9ez]

All be lie

[@onuraksaray8335]

Big tall lies..

[@anti_globalista]

euro this, euro that... ABCDEFU

[@teresadeacon7667]

Barroso is a total controlling lying freak show.

[@TheWildEntrepreneur]

👏👏👏🔝🔝

[@antonioribeiro2818]

Fake news

[@MariaJose-qh6vi]

No it's not.... 😅

[@FatmastoreRembangan]

Judul berita yang sangat provokatif, suatu bentuk media framing yang sangat kuat.

[@prof.dr.metinergun3728]

Ukraine will exist until end of the world.

[@ThienHoang-tr3dh]

Did Putin also tell him :))

[@emki542]

Always remember Putin doesn't speak English 😂😂. Delusional

[@davidkottman3440]

Actually he does....he spoke with Angela Merkel, Donald Trump,& others in English captured on video at a summit meeting during Trump's first term. He prefers Russian & German, but his English skills are competent.

[@maksudaliyev733]

Long live Azerbaijan 🇦🇿 and Russian 🇷🇺 Friendship Ilham Aliyev ❤ and Vladimir Putin ❤️

[@archbordygodfrey2614]

Yes Putin is correct 🎉

[@felipe-vibor]

Barroso is a liar

[@nicko1]

3:39 He said I CAN tell you.... because I WAS 6:28 He said "Everything at its time". 8:03 "BOTH European Union and Ukraine..." Whoever did the transcript should pay more attention.

[@maksudaliyev733]

Putin ❤

[@Sarat-T]

Bandera ❤

[@violaholtz6559]

🩵💛

[@panchovilla5940]

Comming from a guy who was a comunist, it's funny as hell.. 😊😅😅

[@andresilvasophisma]

He's right wing.

[@paladro]

what did he say that was false or communist?

[@omegaz3393]

@andresilvasophisma Hitler was a Socialist. Fact...

[@MarincaGheorghe]

Coming from someone on the internet it must be true. No reasoning also.

[@mohdasmadibinramliasmadi-x6w]

be want tosafe my posito24/7

[@ЛьвівЛьвів1-у7ч]

Stand with Ukraine!

[@vitorlopes2064]

Nato expansion has lead Russia to act

[@Blanka1100]

Nato expands because Russia's neighbors ask to join with their own free will and it is none of Russia's decission. If Russia had not invaded non Nato country of Ukraine, Finland would have never joined Nato. Ukraine is not even Nato member and had no chance to join after 2014 so what is your point? Blaming Russia's neighbors for their will to join Nato is like blaming a victim for calling the police because she was tired of being abused. Russia gave Eastern European countries good reasons to join. Eastern European countries knew Russia would come back one they and Russia proved them right. It is called own experience. Putin invaded Ukraine because he wants russian empire back. Nato is an excuse, not a reason. Putin knows he can not invade Nato member neighbors. Nato stops his ideas. Putin invaded because he could and wanted to. He wants Ukraine. It is about his legacy. Nato has nothng to do with it. Russia is always more or less the same.

[@Skippylani]

Ukraine hasn't even joined Nato.

[@joyaku3078]

😂😃this ex eu official ranting stupidly😂😂" north korea military is now in europe fighting againist european country we got to fight that" 😂😂😃 I think 30 nato morons are fighting againist one Russia to conduct regime change to install thier puppet at Moscow WONT HAPPEN

[@agoogleuser6937]

jaiL putin & rajoy

[@mikelluna5925]

Eurofakenews

[@sycp.6556]

😮😮