President Putin delivered an aggressive, anti-Western state of the nation address yesterday,

a speech that focused more on an alleged coup plot against Aleksandr Lukashenko than on Ukraine. “You can think what you want of Lukashenko, but an assassination plan is too much,” Putin said. “It is telling that the West doesn’t condemn such flagrant actions.” Responding to French President Emmanuel Macron’s call for ‘red lines’ to be drawn for Russia in Ukraine, Putin said: “No one should cross the red lines with Russia. And where those lines are, we will decide on our own in each case.”