I was totally wrong about Putin - former president of the Czech Republic Zeman

The former president of the Czech Republic, Milos Zeman, called his main failure during all ten years as the head of state the fact that he was wrong about Vladimir Putin.

This is reported by Vinegret.cz with reference to Zeman's statement on the Nova TV channel.

"My biggest failure is that I was totally wrong about Vladimir Putin, because only a stupid person could make such a tragic mistake as the invasion of Ukraine," Zeman said.

According to him, the invasion caused damage not only to Ukraine, but also to Russia, and it is colossal.

"Few people realize, but Putin is a person who harmed his own country," said the former president of the Czech Republic.

Zeman emphasized that he always tried to defend national interests, "whether I was successful or not, let others judge." But, the politician added, "no one can blame me for condescending to someone."