Speaking on ITV’s Good Morning Britain on Thursday morning, Mr. Ecclestone described Putin as a “reasonable” and “first-class man” who “believed he was doing the right thing for Russia.” Live Ukrainian News: Putin Denies Attack on Shopping Mall – As “Dirty Money Laundered in London and Funded for Russia’s War” “Unfortunately they are like many entrepreneurs, certainly like me, who make mistakes from time to time and when you make a mistake, you have to do the best you can to get out of it,” he said. And he criticized Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy for not making enough effort to approach his Russian rival. Mr Ecclestone said: “The other person in Ukraine, his profession, I understand, was a comedian and I think he wants to continue this profession, because I think if he was thinking things he would have made a lot of effort to talk to him. “Putin, who is a sensible person, would have listened to him and could probably have done something about it.” When it was pointed out that the Russian invasion of Ukraine had cost the lives of thousands of innocent people, Mr. Ecclestone simply replied: “It was not intentional.” And when asked if he suggested that President Zelensky should “have done more to prevent war – and that it could have been avoided by Zelensky’s actions, not by a change in Putin’s actions,” the auto tycoon said. : “Absolutely”. “I am convinced that Ukraine, if it wanted to get out of this properly, could have done so,” he added. Mr Ecclestone said he had not spoken to his “friend” since Russia invaded Ukraine in February. But he said: “I’m absolutely sure that now he wishes he had not started this whole operation – but it did not start as a war.”
title: “Bernie Ecclestone Says He Would Take A Shot At First Class Vladimir Putin As He Defends The War In Ukraine World News " ShowToc: true date: “2022-11-02” author: “Ramon Russell”
Speaking on ITV’s Good Morning Britain on Thursday morning, Mr. Ecclestone described Putin as a “reasonable” and “first-class man” who “believed he was doing the right thing for Russia.” Live Ukrainian News: Putin Denies Attack on Shopping Mall – As “Dirty Money Laundered in London and Funded for Russia’s War” “Unfortunately they are like many entrepreneurs, certainly like me, who make mistakes from time to time and when you make a mistake, you have to do the best you can to get out of it,” he said. And he criticized Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy for not making enough effort to approach his Russian rival. Mr Ecclestone said: “The other person in Ukraine, his profession, I understand, was a comedian and I think he wants to continue this profession, because I think if he was thinking things he would have made a lot of effort to talk to him. “Putin, who is a sensible person, would have listened to him and could probably have done something about it.” When it was pointed out that the Russian invasion of Ukraine had cost the lives of thousands of innocent people, Mr. Ecclestone simply replied: “It was not intentional.” And when asked if he suggested that President Zelensky should “have done more to prevent war – and that it could have been avoided by Zelensky’s actions, not by a change in Putin’s actions,” the auto tycoon said. : “Absolutely”. “I am convinced that Ukraine, if it wanted to get out of this properly, could have done so,” he added. Mr Ecclestone said he had not spoken to his “friend” since Russia invaded Ukraine in February. But he said: “I’m absolutely sure that now he wishes he had not started this whole operation – but it did not start as a war.” He also criticized the decision to ban When asked if the Russian Grand Prix should be removed from the F1 calendar
