Scholz told when Putin decided to attack Ukraine

Russian President Vladimir Putin has been planning an attack on Ukraine for a long time, and decided on the invasion itself at least a year before. This was stated by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in an interview with CBS .

According to him, no one can say exactly when Putin will run out of resources to continue the war, but long-term planning, according to the chancellor, indicates that he is ready for a long war.

He is the leader of a very large country where many people live, with many means, he really is waging this brutal war and preparing for it for a very long time,” Scholz said.

Scholz also drew attention to the fact that although Putin "does not recognize this," Russia is currently under the strong influence of Western sanctions.

And this is happening to a less developed country that really needs all the technology from the rest of the world to have an appropriate standard of living,” he said.

At the same time, Scholz agreed that Germany spends about $2 billion a month on Russian gas, coal and other energy resources.

However, he cannot buy anything with the money he receives from us, because there are all these sanctions on the import of modern technologies and things that he needs. So this is what made Putin very angry,” he said.

In addition, according to Scholz, Germany is making every effort to reduce the amount it pays Russia for energy resources.