With Vladimir Putin, Europe faces a crucial choice.
The fate of regional security will depend on its reaction to this new stage of the Ukrainian crisis.
Will Vladimir Putin limit himself to taking the Donbass?
Or will he go further, encouraged by international hesitation, to seize the rest of the region and Mariupol, or even land in Kiev to completely enslave Ukraine, which he considers an "illegitimate" country?
“The Russian president will wait for the reaction of Westerners. If it is low, it will move forward, cross the next red line. Everything will depend on the attitude of the United States and Europe. If they are strong, he will be afraid,”
said Kateryna Yashchenko, a specialist in Ukraine and professor at the American University Georgetown, in a tweet.
Economic sanctions
Until then, the reactions of the European Union, paralyzed in the face of the provocations of its huge Russian neighbor, have always remained measured.
Limited, economic sanctions had no influence on stocks…
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