In 1936, when Winston Churchill cautioned that the “era of procrastination” was coming to an end and that the world was entering a “period of consequences,” his warning had already gone unheeded for too long. Two years earlier, the British statesman had warned Europe about the impending peril and was dismissed as an alarmist. The mistake would cost tens of millions of lives. Today, it is crucial not to repeat this mistake in Ukraine, which has become the primary target of Russia’s revenge for the geopolitical collapse of the Soviet Union.
Russia's War Against Ukraine
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Petro Poroshenko: G7 must face down Russia or suffer disaster
From left: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, U.S. President Donald Trump, Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni, French President Emmanuel Macron, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Britains Prime Minister Theresa May, European Council President Donald Tusk and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker (unseen) sit around a table during the G7 Summit of the Heads of State and of Government in Taormina, Sicily, on May 26.
