US Senator Tillis: Putin Wants To 'Eradicate US Influence' In Europe, Middle East

In an interview with RFE/RL, US Senator Thom Tillis, a Republican from North Carolina, said that the wars in Ukraine and Iran represent a broader conflict "between the democratic world and the totalitarian world." He said that Russian President Vladimir Putin is looking far beyond Ukraine in his geopolitical aims, but he added that a heightened US focus on Ukraine "could end this war."