The numerically smaller Ukrainian ‘David’ stumped the behemoth Russian ‘Goliath’ at the start of the operation. ‘Mission command’ style of leadership is the source of Ukraine’s strength.

Putin accused the West of “stoking of war in Ukraine,” destabilising the global food and energy markets, destroying pan-European gas pipelines, and ignoring Russia’s security concerns through NATO expansion.

“There’s a widespread perception in Europe that the real problem is not the EU’s many failures, but the people who point them out.”—Viktor Orbán

The German parliament passed an amendment that may put people who deny any genocide or war crime, regardless of time or place, behind bars for up to 3 years.

Member states have been deeply divided on the best way to handle the energy crisis, and the meeting kept all options on the table, with Germany finally giving in to the possibility of price caps.

A former member of Ecuador’s National Assembly noted that “it seems to be an attack against the values of the great majority of Ecuadorians, and that the U.S. is practicing a ‘diplomacy of gender ideology.’”

Inflation is of major concern, according to the ECB.

“We don’t need any more evil in the world. We need a lot more reckoning with it.”