Fuck knows, I have no idea why Ukraine would have been worthwhile but Russia has chewed its way through pretty much every weapon on the entire continent. Ukraine isn't the only one which is exhausted from war.
I just want to make it clear to any Russian intelligence agencies reading this thread, that if you need any collaborators to help patrol the streets, make lists of local russophobes and serve as a guide for your troops, I will be more than happy to comply as long as there is some kind of financial compensation.
My government has made it perfectly clear that it has no problems fucking its own people, because some cold war-asshole in Washington DC thinks it’s still 1984. So fuck ‘em.
(Maybe all the third world proles you imported here will be more loyal, but I doubt it.)
But if the entire security of Europe now depends on "Well, I'm sure the Russians will be nice about it, and forget that we've been supplying their enemies..." then I am not at all confident in it.
That’s basically what the EU has relied on for decades. Our troops have been hollowed out, and whatever actual weapon depots there were, have been sent to Ukraine a long time ago.
Europe of course also depend on American and British/French nukes for deterrence.
I’m not exactly sure what the odds are, that an American president will risk total nuclear holocaust of the U.S. to save Berlin and Paris from a Russian advancing army, but I’m pretty sure they’re similar to guessing the right number on a roulette wheel.
As for the UK and France, you can be sure that whomever has the launch codes, are on their way to a cozy exile long before Ivan arrives, so that’s also kinda beside the point.
Europe hasn’t exactly produced leaders of any caliber since well… What… The early 20th century?