Tucker Carlson is soaked in the US culture war. His analysis is terribly parochial. In Europe it certainly doesnt look like a religious war. Nobody sees Russia as a religious nation. Over here this take would come across as absurd.
Poland, for one, is much more religious than Russia. Its got its own problems with Euro bien pensants, but thats not a cause for war.
Please view the 2nd link in my post #15, Victor Orbán is very perceptive and he “get’s it with Russia. And he explains it well.