The Tucker Carlson interview has really kicked off the right in the USA wanting all support for Ukraine to end, suggesting Putin has now given the hard truth.
That was not an open interview. That was an exercise in propaganda. Do you really think Tucker Carlson is a respectable journalist? He has been sacked from countless TV stations/shows and has admitted on camera that he supports Russia.
Further, Tucker Carlson said that no other western journalist has interviewed Putin. However Steve Rosenberg has said that many have asked including himself. The Kremlin always says no to actual western journalists. Why do you think that is?
And the Kremlin very carefully controls all interactions between Putin and people such as Tucker Carlson. You can guarantee that the video was vetted and edited by the Kremlin before it was allowed to be released.
As for the right in the USA, Trump and his MAGA followers were already wanting to reduce support for Ukraine. Trump is pulling as many strings as he can to control republican house of representatives (including the speaker of the house, puppet Mike Johnson) and many republicans in the senate. So much so, that the senate has killed off the republicans own bill!
Putin likely agreed to the "interview" with Tucker Carlson in the hope that it would result in the MAGA republicans increasingly calling for cutting U.S.A. support for Ukraine.
Let me be crystal clear. As far as democratic countries are concerned, the best thing to do, is to never, ever give Putin what he wants.
The only way to have a safer world for the future, is for Russia to be defeated. That will also make other countries who have ideas on using military force to invade their neighbour think twice.
In what way are they stronger now than they were on February 23rd 2022?
The Ukrainians are suffering so much because our western political leaders were far too slow in acting to help Ukraine. And we in the west had ran down our own military forces too much, did not have a plan for what to do if a large war broke out. And we have also found out that the companies that produce munitions could not ramp up production very quickly.
There is absolutely no doubt that the Russian military is now far weaker than it was before this war started. Plus, the Russian military equipment is nowhere near as good as was thought. And Russian tactics don't appear to have evolved much from WWII. After this war ends (assuming the west continues to support Ukraine), Russia will be licking it wounds for years before they even think about trying to attack a NATO country.
China is watching this war very carefully. It will also be taking note on how badly the Russian military is performing. I honestly think that this war is putting China off taking any military action that would involve a western country. The only action they may take, would be against the part of Russia that once was part of China.
Even before 2022, China did not have a chance of invading Taiwan. Nothing has changed in that respect.