 Putin. Russia has not achieved its goals in war against Ukraine. Russian President Vladimir Putin stated that Russia did not achieve its goals in the war against Ukraine and also mentioned that Russia was forced to take Crimea under its protection in 2014. Putin said this in an interview with infamous former TV host Tucker Carlson. Speaking about the war against Ukraine, Putin said that Russia has not yet achieved the goals of the special military operation, one of which is denazification, i.e. the prohibition of all neo-Nazi movements. The Russian President also stated that Ukraine started the war and Russia's goal is to stop it. Regarding the question of Russia's occupation of Crimea, Carlson stated that the Russian President Vladimir Putin would not return Crimea to Ukraine for the sake of achieving peace. Crimea was already in Russia's hands at the beginning of this war. So if you truly believe that Putin must give up Crimea as a condition for achieving peace, then you are insane, he added. In the interview, Putin claimed that Russia in 2014 was forced to take Crimea under its protection because the peninsula was under threat. Putin reiterated all the well-known narratives of Russian propaganda, including those related to the war in Ukraine, in his interview with Carlson.