With Ukraine’s future back on the geopolitical carving block, Europe is facing its own moment of truth. Is it ready to defend Kyiv against the imposition of a lopsided “peace” that rewards Vladimir Putin and undermines the entire continent’s security?
Not for the first time, European governments were left in the dark about secret US-backed proposals to end Russia’s war. Leaked to the media last week, the latest incendiary 28-point plan was so slanted in Russia’s favour that there are suspicions it was partly drafted in the Kremlin (complete with clunkily translated Russian syntax).
