“Yes, I know and see the comments of our observers, I see the reaction of our media, our politicians.

Everyone laughs so little at Zelensky, they say, all this is chatter and nothing will happen here.

I have a different opinion.

I have already said how these two stages of NATO expansion to the east took place, and I have already said that no one asked us, ”the head of state said in an interview with Pavel Zarubin on Russia 24.

As Putin noted, "the American partners say they did not promise anything" to the Ukrainian leadership.

“How do we know?

Or maybe they just told him: you know what, you got out a bit early, it's too early to talk about it and you got out of the way, because now a summit meeting of the two presidents is planned.

Why are you disturbing us, spoiling the atmosphere of the summit, could not keep silent for several days? "

- suggested the head of state.

Putin stressed that "nobody says no."

In an interview, the Russian leader recalled that the flight time of NATO missiles to Moscow in the event of Ukraine joining the alliance could be reduced from 15 to 7-10 minutes.

NATO Deputy Secretary General Mircea Joana said that the open door position on Ukraine will be confirmed at the NATO summit on June 14, but there is still no consensus on its membership in the alliance.