Vladimir Putin spoke with Tucker Carlson in his first interview with an American journalist since the outbreak of war in Ukraine two years ago. The interview, which lasted about two hours, took place in the Kremlin on Tuesday, and was published on Carlson's website tonight (Friday) The Russian president claimed that the leaders of the West understood that they were not capable of inflicting a strategic defeat on Russia.

He urged the United States to stop the supply of weapons to Ukraine, saying that sooner or later this will end in an agreement.