Randahl FinkMar 2, 2025

This is the most important comment I have heard this week — Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk:

“500 million Europeans are asking 300 million Americans to defend them against 140 million Russians […] Europe, if there is something we lack today, it is not economic or demographic power, but the belief that we are truly a global force.”

I think Tusk hits the bullseye here. Those 140 million Russians are already fully occupied by fighting Ukraine, and our leaders act like we are Liechtenstein.

Show threadGondor

@randahl
A cynic would say:
Not really 140 million russians anymore, since Putin "lost" afaik about 800.000 soldiers in Ukraine. And he is not stopping...

It's so horrible.😱😭
All this to invade Ukraine and go on a killing, torture and kidnapping spree, to erase a country and a culture. 🤬

Stay strong Ukraine ✊

Mar 2, 2025 at 9:52pmWeb
Show threadEnjomineur D3Mar 2, 2025
@randahl @grootinside 800 000 à 1 million de morts en russie à cause du Covid19. Entre 1 à 3 millions de russes ont quitté le pays depuis le début de la guerre, principalement des hommes jeunes et souvent diplômés du supérieur.
Show threadGondorMar 2, 2025
@enjod3 @randahl So even less probably. It's not really my point tbh.
Putin kills "his own" citizens for a war nobody wants, not and especially even them.
Putin is may be not as strong as he seems. Yes by military force and state violence, but after all not based on russians. (I guess, who really is eager for war)