US reporter Tucker Carlson said on Wednesday that the US embassy in Kiev had forbidden Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky from giving him an interview.
"We've also tried for over a year to get an interview with Zelensky [...]. Those efforts have been thwarted by the US government. The American Embassy in Kyiv, which our tax dollars pay for, told the Zelensky government, 'No, you may not do the interview. You can talk to CNN. You can't talk to [Carlson's team].' So we've been unable to speak to him," Carlson said in a video posted on social media.
Over the year of attempts, his team has spoken to and had dinner with many different people in Zelensky's circle, the reporter added.
On Wednesday, Carlson arrived in Moscow for an interview with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.
"We came back to Moscow yesterday to interview the foreign minister of Russia, Sergey Lavrov, the longest-serving foreign minister in the world," Carlson said in a video posted on social media.
The interview, which has already been recorded and turned out "absolutely fascinating," will be released shortly, he added.