«Europe had to be ready for some time: already yesterday, don’t wait for tomorrow. To amaze you of the incursions in your airspace means not having fully understood that the Ukrainian war also concerns you. Russian actions are not mistakes, but pushed forward. Each EU and NATO country should say ‘we cannot afford anything else, engaging in supporting Ukraine. There is no more time. The war is now at your home ».
It is the analysis, contained in an interview with La Repubblica, of Oleksandra Romanserva, executive director of the Center for Civil Liberties of Kiev and Nobel Prize for Peace 2022. “The answers” to the provocations of the Kremlin “continue to be indecise and slow, and this encourages Moscow to continue”, continues RomanSova who asks how to contrast Putin indicates: Russian: for example using 300 billion of frozen Russian assets in European countries, which could be useful to cover defense costs. Then there is also another means to help us: keep your democracies firm ». On the popularity of the Ukrainian leader Zelensky explains that “his actions and words trigger constant reactions. But criticisms are also part of democracy. We are a little anarchist and a little traumatized by the Soviet Union: we struggle to believe that someone in power wants to do our interests. Certainly, however, we have clear that he and his parliament are legitimate. Not perfect, perhaps, but we trust ». Then the lunge in the White House: «Trump did not understand who Putin is. Nor what it means to really build peace ».