Macron urged the more than 40 leaders at the European Political Community summit to simply protect their interests without signaling their intentions to Russian President Vladimir Putin.

“I think the main answer should be more unpredictability and more strategic ambiguity,” he said.

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Another illusion, Tusk said, is “that it is impossible for Ukraine and for all of us to win this war. It’s absurd. The only Russian advantage, the only one, is mentality. We are much bigger than them,” in terms of economic might and population, he said.

Let’s hope the EU takes this to heart. Both points are key to effectively dealing with russians.

You can’t react in a passive manner and you must take the initiative. Tusk also makes a good point, you must have a vision for defeating russian genocidal imperialism.