Supposedly (and I can't find this alleged interview at all, with the following being found only on forums and social media and a few sketchy websites with no links to source), Abe wanted Zelensky to be American puppet, with Biden "forcing" him to do his Bidding:

“Maybe the war could have been avoided if Zelensky had been forced to pledge that his country would not join NATO, or had been forced to grant a high degree of autonomy to Luhansk and Donetsk in the east,” Abe noted, according to ‘The Economist’.

Moreover, the former Japanese PM added that US President Joe Biden could influence Zelensky to change his position.

Supposedly (and I can't find this alleged interview at all), Abe wanted Zelensky to be American puppet, with Biden "forcing" him to do his Bidding:

“Maybe the war could have been avoided if Zelensky had been forced to pledge that his country would not join NATO, or had been forced to grant a high degree of autonomy to Luhansk and Donetsk in the east,” Abe noted, according to ‘The Economist’.

Moreover, the former Japanese PM added that US President Joe Biden could influence Zelensky to change his position.