The first EU leader to meet with Putin since the invasion of Ukraine says the Russian president 'believes he is winning the war'
on Saturday, Nehammer said the conversation with Putin was not"friendly" but"frank and tough.""I think he is now in his own war logic. He thinks the war is necessary for security guarantees for the Russian Federation. He doesn't trust the international community. He blames Ukrainians for genocide in the Donbas region."
When asked by host Chuck Todd if Putin thought he was winning the war, Nehammer said he thinks"he believes he is winning the war." MTP EXCLUSIVE: After face-to-face meeting with Putin, Austrian chancellor Karl Nehammer says it’s a “tough question†whether or not he might use a nuclear weapon. “He knows that he has this weapon. And he knows the threat of this weapon. So I don’t know if he’d really use it.â€