"occasions. Kallas, the former Estonian prime minister, was not just indulging in some form of historical mathematics. She was seeking to make a point that lies at the heart of the dispute between the US and Europe over Ukraine's future, a dispute that has again revealed the chasm across the Atlantic about the true nature of the Russian regime."
"Kallas reads history books as a leisure activity and drawing on her own country's history of Soviet occupation has long maintained that the Soviet Union fell, but its imperialism never did. Russia has never truly had to come to terms with its brutal past or bear the consequences of its actions, she has said, arguing that the nature of the Russian regime means rewarding aggression will bring more war, not less: Putin will come back for more."
"Divisions that are undoubtedly also targeting us, at the EU, at Nato. The French president, Emmanuel Macron, has described Russia as a constant destabilising power, trying to revise the borders to extend his power. Putin, he said, is a predator, an ogre at our gates who constantly needs to eat for his own survival. In short, he is a threat to Europeans."
Kaja Kallas obtained data showing Russia invaded 19 states on 33 occasions in the 20th and 21st centuries. She and other European leaders argue that the Soviet Union's collapse did not end Russian imperialism and that Russia has not faced consequences for past brutality. German foreign minister Johann Wadephul warned intelligence indicates Russia could create the option of war against NATO by 2029, citing rapid recruitment of divisions. Emmanuel Macron described Putin as a predator seeking to revise borders, and Keir Starmer warned that without credible deterrence Putin will try again. European officials view deterrence as essential to prevent further aggression.
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