Matt Gaetz: “Eastern Ukraine becomes essentially Russia, maybe some…”

“So like, there's still going to be the question of the sovereignty of what's now Western Ukraine and it'll become like eu. Like, I see, I see a world in which Eastern Ukraine becomes essentially Russia, maybe some independent region, but for all practical purposes run out of Moscow. and Western Ukraine becomes an EU protectorate and it is not even fully autonomous. If we can get a moderate leader in there and replace Zelensky, I think that would go a long way to satisfying Moscow's requirements.” (40:50–41:12)

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