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Kubilius mocks Putin: “This is the first time I agree with him”

From Delfi · () Lithuanian

Translated from Lithuanian and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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News Named sources Context piece
  • European Commissioner Andrius Kubilius said Russian President Vladimir Putin himself is the main cause of the war against Ukraine.
  • Kubilius made the remarks on X after U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner met Putin in Moscow to discuss how to achieve peace.
  • He then ironically said it was the first time he agreed with Putin that the war’s main causes needed to be removed.

Andrius Kubilius turned Vladimir Putin’s own phrase about the “main causes of the war” back on the Russian president, saying those causes include Putin himself.

“After discussions with U.S. envoys about how to achieve peace in Putin’s war against Ukraine, Putin again stated that the most important thing is to eliminate the ‘main causes of the war,’” Kubilius wrote on X. He said those causes were Putin’s decisions to occupy Crimea in 2014 and launch a full-scale invasion in 2022.

After discussions with U.S. envoys about how to achieve peace in Putin’s war against Ukraine, Putin again stated that the most important thing is to eliminate the ‘main causes of the war.’

· Andrius KubiliusKubilius criticized Putin’s description of the causes of the war in a post on X.

Kubilius then added an ironic conclusion: “This is the first time I agree with Putin: the main causes of the war really must be eliminated!”

The comments followed meetings in Moscow between Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump’s special envoys, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, on September 5. Media reports said the meeting lasted more than three hours. On September 6, Witkoff and Kushner traveled to Kyiv, where they met Ukrainian and European partners.

This is the first time I agree with Putin: the main causes of the war really must be eliminated!

· Andrius KubiliusKubilius made the statement ironically after identifying Putin and his decisions as the main causes.
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Originally published by Delfi in Lithuanian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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