Alice Weidel on whether Putin is interested in peace | The Economist

Vladimir Putin has. no interest in peace. The Ukrainians say. they would have a ceasefire... This is what you say. Can you give me one. piece of evidence. that he is interested in peace? Can you give me. one piece of evidence. that Zelensky. is interested in peace? —Yes. He's offered an. energy ceasefire now. They were in Florida. talking about peace deals. The Ukrainians. are absolutely willing. to start talking about peace. It is Vladimir Putin. who is not interested. in a peace deal. because he thinks. that he can pulverise. Ukrainian cities over the winter,

as he is now doing. And it seems to me. that what you are suggesting, and I just want to make sure. I've understood this, you are suggesting stopping. all German financial. and military support, all European support, is that right? Is that your preferred policy? We already spent over €100bn. No other country has spent that much. and we are highly indebted. Yeah, I have. the interest of my country first. It's Germany first. and this war. is not in our interest. and it's very dangerous.

for our national security. In order to have a peace. in the Ukraine. we need to. take not only Ukraine’s. security interests into account, but also Russia’s security interest. into account. And this was in the past... And this is... and this has been the major mistake. like the 20 years before. to not acknowlede. the security concerns of Russia.