Less than a day after white nationalist provocateur Tucker Carlson claimed to have an interview scheduled with Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the Ukrainian President’s office firmly denies any such event would take place, Politico reports.
This surely comes as a letdown for Carlson, who boasted about working for years to get an interview with the leader of Ukraine’s defense against the Russian invasion. “Looks like we’ve got the Zelenskyy interview. We’ve been trying for two years, and with particular intensity after interviewing Putin in February,” the former Fox host posted on social media on Wednesday. “The point is to bring Americans much-needed information about the conflict that’s completely reshaping their country’s position in the world. Coming soon we hope.”
Kyiv disagrees. When asked about the claim, presidential spokesperson Sergii Nykyforov responded, “The President of Ukraine has a completely different schedule, and Tucker Carlson is not on it.”