May 6, 2024

▶ „Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is Europe’s war. Europe could have pushed Russia into a deep financial crisis if it had just enforced sanctions.”
Robin Brooks

▶ “Like it or not, Russia has been at war with us for years.
Kremlin says so, and they increasingly openly do so.
When will EU leaders finally acknowledge this, and act accordingly?”
Alice Stollmeyer

▶ “European refusal to help Ukraine in self-defence by sending at least air defence troops to Ukraine means we are letting the bravest global democracy to be slowly murdered by Russian terrorist state.
History will not forgive us, the rich Europeans, from stopping the Russian terrorists.”
Jakub Janda

▶ “Anyone who thinks negotiation with Russia will work should consider the obscene and genocidal language to which the highest-ranking Russian officials resort when rejecting peace plans.”
Timothy #Snyder

▶ “My proposal is that any Western company that pays taxes to the Russian government should be punished in the same way as the US government penalizes companies giving bribes in a foreign company, that is, with commensurate fines.”
Anders Aslund

▶ “Number of Russian troops on Ukraine’s territory has reportedly exceeded 500,000 in May 2024. Russia is recruiting 30,000 servicemen every month. Ukraine needs more weapons to withstand this growing invasion.” 
Alex Kokcharov

Recent social media posts that cought my attention – definitively a #FoodForThought …

Comment from Marijn Markus:

Russia openly speaks of their ‘war’ with the US, with Europe, with the West in general and actively wagens Hybrid war on all of us.

Meanwhile, we continue to pretend nothing is happening.