What he said:
“Russia needs the opportunity to rejoin an international system after any peace deal, Kissinger says”
and what he should have said:
“Russia needs the opportunity to rejoin an international system after its military defeat, Kissinger says”
Kissinger:
“He also said he wanted to express admiration for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and the “heroic conduct of the Ukrainian people;” and that he now believed Ukrainian membership of NATO one day would be an “appropriate outcome.””