DeSantis Clarifies Stance on Ukraine, Calls Putin ‘a War Criminal’

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis answers questions from the media in the Florida Cabinet following his "State of the State" address during a joint session of the Florida Senate and House of Representatives at the Florida State Capitol in Tallahassee, Fla., on March 7, 2023. Cheney Orr/AFP via Getty Images

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis clarified his recent comments on the Russia–Ukraine conflict after having called it a mere “territorial dispute.”

In an interview with Piers Morgan on the March 23 edition of the Fox Nation program “Piers Morgan Uncensored"—which Morgan previewed in a New York Post article on March 22—DeSantis said his words had been mischaracterized.