Vladimir Putin assured that “what is happening” in Ukraine is a “question of life and death” for Russia, while he does not for the West. The Russian president returned to his recent interview with American host Tucker Carlson, very popular among conservatives.

This interview was the first given by Vladimir Putin to a Western media since the start of the Russian offensive in Ukraine in February 2022. It was highly scrutinized and watched more than 200 million times on X (formerly Twitter).