Putin spoke about Ukrainians unwilling to become "cannon fodder"

“According to the latest data, which are published, there are approximately 50/50.

At least 50% of Ukrainians do not want the country to join NATO, and these are smart people.

I speak without any irony, not because others are stupid, but because those who do not want to understand that they do not want to be in the line of fire, they do not want to be a bargaining chip or cannon fodder, "said the Russian leader ...

He suggested that such people "seem to feel they are part of our common civilization."

“And they do not want one part of civilization to oppose another part of civilization and at the same time perform some kind of dance to someone else's music.

Smart people, ”Putin summed up.

Also, the Russian president noted that he did not consider the talks about Ukraine's entry into NATO to be "chatter".

According to him, Moscow may not know "how the conversation" between Kiev and the West was actually built.