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Europe will lose all credibility if Russia wins in Ukraine, warns French president Macron (www.telegraph.co.uk)

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The war in Ukraine is “existential for our Europe and for France”, Mr Macron said in the interview on France 2 and TF1.

“Do you think that the Poles, the Lithuanians, the Estonians, the Romanians and the Bulgarians could remain at peace for a second [in the event of a Russian victory in Ukraine]?” he asked. “If Russia wins this war, Europe’s credibility would be reduced to zero.”

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[–] maynarkh@feddit.nl 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If Russia wins, the next country that will experience what Ukraine is experiencing is Moldova and Taiwan. Then maybe Georgia and the Baltics.

It would be the end of the period of relative peace since the end of the Cold War in Europe.

[–] fustigation769curtain@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Do you think you may be wrong about your prediction?

[–] maynarkh@feddit.nl 2 points 1 year ago

Not really, as it is not really a prediction. Moldova is already actively being threatened, as well as Taiwan. It's not me predicting this, this is the official policy of Russia and China. China is also quite obviously looking at Ukraine as a model for a prospective invasion of Taiwan. The fact that they didn't launch the invasion yet offers some hope that they don't trust Russia to win, else they would have already started an invasion using Ukraine as cover.

From 1990-ish up till the last few years, most of Europe could live in a world where there was no credible way a nuclear ICBM would ever fall on their homes. That has changed sadly, and it is enough for me to feel that we're in a new Cold War.