I've been thinking about this all day and feel incredibly upset when I see what's going on.
What can we do? Have you seen what the Russians did to Grozny?
It all boils down to the fact that EU simply can't start a war with a maniac that has thousands of nukes. I'd say let him have it and Ukrainians refugees are welcome here by the millions.
Putin's now threatening Finland and Sweden should they dare join NATO and there's talk of the conflict spilling over in to Moldova and Georgia. That would change things drastically. As soon as EU or US forces take military action against Russia we have to assume he'll retaliate and then it's basically WW3. If that's what it takes to get rid of this maniac then so be it but the consequences for everyone will be severe.
> Putin's now threatening Finland and Sweden should they dare join NATO
do you have a link i can read up on? I would imagine everyone is running to the safety of NATO now and i can totally see Putin saying "if you try then you're next".
> ...then it's basically WW3. If that's what it takes to get rid of this maniac then so be it but the consequences for everyone will be severe.
"severe" would be the mildest term possible to describe what would happen heh
Sweden and Finland probably don't feel the need to join Nato but the threat that was made is enough to put EU on edge. Scandinavia is much "closer" than Ukraine.
If the West really cared Swift would have happened long ago.
The reality is they do not care for Ukraine.