More people died because of the war in Ukraine than in most asian and african conflicts together. Now Europe is in such a deep crisis, that we cannot allow Russia any more transgressions to international law. We must go further: Finnland, Sweden and Moldova should integrate NATO. Transnistria should be attacked, but sanctionned or accept negotiations with Moldava. The transnistrian oligarch can keep his country in his pockets and the transnistrian politicians can rule the country as they plese, as long as it respects international law; otherwise there will be an embargo or even sanctions against Russia.

According to the UN there could be up to five million Ukrainian refugees comming to the Europena Union. The EU-citizens and their leaders should be ready to welcome them. It is the least they could do after failing to integrate Ukraine into the EU and NATO. We have too long accepted making busines with Russia, making us dependant from their ressources more than ever and letting the Ukrainians down, when we needed the most. The peoples of europe must, like a foreign policy analyst Jessica Berlin, wake up and make pressure toward their leaders to act against the Russian menace. Even if their have to accept economic challenges.

The oblasts in western Ukraine from the Polisch Bolder until the Dnepr river should be protected by a no-fly-zone established by the UN or NATO, in order to protect the ukrainian population, where there are no Russian troops (at least yet) as well as to create an important buffer zone between NATO-States and Russia, so that thr troops from both camps should no approach to close and come into conflict. Even more, the unoccupied parts of Ukraine desperatly needs help from their international allies and partners.

Finally, diplomacy should no more be tool to gain time. With Putin there is no honest talk possible, only the speech of the strongest.

Julien Sita, February, 26th 2022.