Vladimir Putin: Ukraine is a “question of life and death” for Russia. The Russian president called on the West to understand his country's "state of mind" regarding Ukraine.

Putin also discussed his recent interview with American host Tucker Carlson, very popular among conservatives. This interview, the first granted by Vladimir Putin to a Western media since the start of the Russian offensive in Ukraine in February 2022, has been viewed more than 200 million times on X (formerly Twitter) In this message lasting more than two hours to the Americans and Europeans, Putin notably assured that a defeat for Russia in Ukraine was “impossible”