European NATO countries would wipe the floor with Russia. Just look at the military budgets, populations, level of technology and industrial capacity—it's not even close. 💀 #NATO #Russia— Yksittäistapaus™ 🇫🇮 🇺🇦 🏴☠️ (@1tapaus) February 16, 2025
European troops have no to very little combat experience, whereas Russia has plenty of hardened combat veterans.— Pekka Kallioniemi (@P_Kallioniemi) February 16, 2025
Not everybody wanted cheap energy by all means. Schröder and Merkel wanted, Germany wanted.— Marek Najmajer (@marqoz) February 16, 2025
Almost every European country bought energy from Russia.— Pekka Kallioniemi (@P_Kallioniemi) February 16, 2025
I place the biggest blame on the Obama administration and Merkel's Russia appeasement strategy, they missed the moment to properly slap Russia with sanctions in 2014 and to react militarily— Aleksandar Djokic (Александар Джокич) (@polidemitolog) February 16, 2025
Zelensky and the European leaders thought the USA would send massive amounts of troops. That will never happen. Ukraine would have been done in a week if it had not been for the USA. Did you all really think we would send our American men to die for Ukraine! There is a point…— Debra C (@Molly4everLoved) February 16, 2025
Says the lady who resides in the only nation who has ever invoked art. 5 and all allies responded. In the nation who does give a shit about what they signed up for like the Budapest memorandum but who demands to follow its lead in every case they need their allies. Despicable.— MrScreemi (@MrScreemi) February 16, 2025
Don't stage coups with the CIA called the Maidan Coup, overthrowing a president. Trump is back. The American people are done with the Forever Wars. The CIA will be stripped of its corruption. A New America is being born. If Zelensky had never stood with Biden and announced…— Debra C (@Molly4everLoved) February 16, 2025
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Coup? The president, with the help of 🇷🇺, ran away to 🇷🇺 . The parliament scheduled new elections. Since then, 🇺🇦 has had two presidents recognized by 🇷🇺. A medal given to Russian soldiers who occupied Crimea states that this operation started 3 days before the coup.— Natalia (@Natalia69603748) February 16, 2025
Maidan wasn't staged. Was your revolutionary war of independence staged by the french? You fucking moron? I bet you don't know that zelensky was elected way after maidan in a free and fair election. Which Russia DOESN'T HAVE— Man Tas (@citomantas) February 16, 2025
There we go… a russian puppet. Maidan was free people making their voices heard. Its like saying 1/6 was an KGB operation.— Gustav Schörling (@GustavSchorling) February 16, 2025
Debra C will wake up to a very harsh reality soon. Trump and Musk will russify the States in no time.— Zio Fella 🇺🇦 (@ziofella_220224) February 16, 2025
You had us at “Maidan CIA coup.” No one ever thought the U.S. would send a single soldier. Try cleansing your mind of the Russian poison you’ve eagerly consumed. In the meantime, be quiet.— Railsplitter Fella 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 (@Rail_splitter1) February 16, 2025
Another ignorant American that doesn’t know how to research topics. Do you actually think the CIA has the power to manipulate millions of people into risking their lives to kick out a dictator. No, the CIA didn’t stage a coup. Ukrainians decided they were fed up with corruption.— Andrew Utsogn 🇺🇸🇳🇴🇸🇪🇺🇦 (@AUtsogn) February 16, 2025
we are witnessing the end of USA empire. corporations are taking over completely. EU finally understands and i welcome our detachment from weakening US. Trump thinks he can divide world and rule over his part. He is very stupid indeed, 19th century mindset is obsolete.— Grow || Languish (@GrowLanguish) February 16, 2025
Ukraine would have been done in a week without the Ukrainians standing their ground. US support has always been too little and too late.— KampungHighlander (@KampungHighland) February 16, 2025
First time I hear Zelenski and the europeans expected US to send troops to Ukraine. Looks like you made it up.— Dr. Alfredo (@GreasyMinded) February 16, 2025
But the USA disarmed Ukraine. They are legally obligated to defend their freedom and territorial integrity. Clinton signed thr Budapest Memorandum.— Boris Vidovič (@Boris_Vidovic) February 16, 2025
Would Europe re-arming even be a thing of Trump had not poked them? Maybe that was the objective?— Randy Mott (@randymot4) February 16, 2025
precisely. but dont be too harsh on your eu reps.. eu has largely been following a security arrangement created by eisenhower with a few tweaks along the way...you've not been loafers, but granted the US military access across greater eu. shocking no one pm makes this public.— Rob Seppälä (@RobSSeppala) February 16, 2025
European Union is not in fact united - this is the fact seldom not said, the southern nations, mainly Portugal, Spain, Italy and Greece don't care much for the ruSSian war on Ukraine... And of course there is much division inside other nations as well. Hate or not, facts remain— hellvonraizer (@HellVonRaizer) February 16, 2025
How can you win an information war without a domestic AI competitor. The world of propaganda is probably now built and scaled on AI chat bots. Soon, China and America are going to start dominating the discourse.— Oleg Kostour 🇺🇦🇨🇦🇺🇸 (@OlegKostour) February 16, 2025
💯 based. Europe (EU + UK) have had 3 years to up their game and support Ukraine to resist and defeat Russia. They have improved their capacities but not on par of Ukrainian needs. Enough is enough : no more tall talk but more actions and walk the talk from Europe !— Ravi Anand (@aravi33) February 16, 2025
That #DonaldTrump’s executive orders have to a significant extent focused on science and education feels overwhelming, but it is not surprising, argues Philip N. Cohen @familyunequal @UMESNews on @LSEImpactBlog. It tracks with a pursuit of absolute power. https://t.co/kgbb5uC4r7— LSE Blogs (@LSEblogs) February 16, 2025
🇺🇦Zelenskyy pleads with Europeans to finally put aside the petty nationalism and short-term thinking, and unite to put themselves in charge of their own future. "Some in Europe might be frustrated with 🇪🇺Brussels. But let’s be clear: If not Brussels, then Moscow. It’s your… pic.twitter.com/7KlxyMIUm5— Dave Keating (@DaveKeating) February 16, 2025
And yet, the emergency European crisis summit on Monday will not be convened in Brussels by 🇪🇺Presidents von der Leyen & Costa, but by 🇫🇷Macron in Paris. Where is the 🇪🇺 leadership at this critical moment? https://t.co/rgzycsckM1— Dave Keating (@DaveKeating) February 16, 2025
It is unfortunate that the leadership 🇪🇺 has in place right now is President Von der Leyen and Council chair Costa - a result of a lack of boldness and imagination from the EU's prime ministers. But we have to work with what we've got: https://t.co/ty9k424sVx pic.twitter.com/J7JdISCVN3— Dave Keating (@DaveKeating) February 16, 2025
The United States under Donald Trump is committed to a sovereign Ukraine. That is what Pete Hegseth has explicitly confirmed at NATO in the last few days. A sovereign country cannot be constrained in choosing which organisations it wishes to join. Ukraine is entirely sensible…— Boris Johnson (@BorisJohnson) February 15, 2025
Stabbing 'linked to ISIS': Attack in Austria by Syrian migrant was Islamist-inspiredhttps://t.co/DvUoqDW3P3— Ynetnews (@ynetnews) February 16, 2025