8:30 a.m .: Arms dealer Viktor Bout supports the offensive in Ukraine
Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, released in an exchange with Washington for American basketball player Brittney Griner, said on Saturday he “fully” supported the attack on the Kremlin in Ukraine.
In an interview with Russian media RT, he also confirmed that he “always” had a portrait of Vladimir Putin in his cell during his imprisonment in the United States, where he was sentenced to 25 years in prison after being arrested in 2008 in Thailand. “I am proud to be Russian and our president is Putin”. “If I had the opportunity and the necessary skills, I would volunteer (to fight in Ukraine),” he explained, saying he “didn’t understand” why Moscow’s massive offensive hadn’t had place from 2014.