Putin loses plot as he launches furious rant against European leaders – ‘feasting pigs’ | World | News

Vladimir Putin launched a furious attack on European leaders during a meeting at the Russian Defense Ministry. The Russian President discussed the war in Ukraine with his minister Andrey Belousov and the head of the Kremlin army Valery Gerasimov.

Belousov told Putin that Russia had taken control of Kupyansk in the Kharkiv region, but events on the ground did not confirm his claim. Ukraine cut off and pinned down Russian troops in the city in a counteroffensive that saw intense fighting continue. Putin then gave a speech in which he openly expressed his disdain and contempt for Western leaders.

In an extraordinary outcry, he called European politicians “pigs” who wanted to “feast on the collapse of Russia”.

He accused the United States of starting the war under Joe Biden’s administration and said Russia had successfully fended off Western efforts to defeat it.

He said: “Everyone believed that they would destroy and disintegrate Russia in a short time, and the little pigs of Europe immediately joined the work of the previous American administration in the hope of enjoying the collapse of our country.”

The Kremlin tyrant said Russia was open to resuming diplomacy with the continent “if not with current politicians, then when the political elites in Europe are replaced.”

Meanwhile, European leaders met in Brussels ahead of the European Council meeting that starts on Thursday.

Politicians will discuss EU plans to use frozen Russian assets to help finance a loan to Ukraine. Russia currently has assets worth £185bn in European financial institutions.

Most of this money is held at Euroclear in Belgium, whose prime minister is strongly opposed to the use of Russian funds.

The issue has sparked fierce debate and division among Western leaders who must decide whether to proceed with their EU plans.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said any attempt to use Russian assets to fund Ukraine could only be interpreted as an “act of war”. He told reporters that he had written to Putin to ask whether Russia would retaliate against the EU.