“A brutal war of annihilation.”
Slight-of-hand.
“Guaranteed escalation to World War 3.”
“Extremist organisations.”
“For every €500 million we contribute €11 million.”
History is littered with examples of civilian bombings or other attacks not working as the attacker might hope.
Unnecessary.
Pieter Cleppe of the Brussels Report discusses the rise of European conservatism, the economic future of the EU, and who attacked the Nordstream pipeline.
Escalation
“The situation has intensified.”
Bjorn Lund, a Swedish seismologist told the national broadcaster: “There is no doubt that these were explosions.”
All of this amounts to an enormous Russian humiliation. That, and that alone, is why he is now again bluffing about his willingness to use nuclear weapons.