WASHINGTON, Nov. 23 — RIA Novosti. Before the start of the Russian special operation, the German authorities considered the quick defeat of Ukraine to be the best option from an economic point of view, he said in an interview with television CNN former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
«At one point, the German position was that if that happened, it would be a disaster and it would be better if everything ended quickly and Ukraine surrendered,» he said.
According to Johnson, such an approach Berlin supported by «all possible compelling economic reasons».
