@Compas Patricia

“So let us say what putin is. You are, sir, an assassin, a child thief, a dictator, the most insane of liars, and the last coloniser.” - Bernard Guetta, French MEP and journalist. Guetta is right about what putin is, but name-calling is cheap and changes nothing on the ground. putin doesn't lose sleep over being called a dictator or a coloniser by European lawmakers. He laughs at the rhetoric while his missiles keep hitting Ukrainians. Words don't stop artillery, air defenses, frozen assets, and long-range weapons do. If Europe wants to save Ukraine from freezing and starving, drop the fiery speeches and deliver the actual ammunition. Actions are the only language putin understands. Guetta: “You, I don't know, but as for me, I am angry with all of us, citizens and elected officials of our 27 countries. I am not angry with us for not having immediately sanctioned all of those Russians who deserved it. I am not angry with us for not having already provided Ukraine with enough weapons and the Russian assets we hold. I am not angry with us for not doing enough because we are not doing so little. But I am angry with us for not speaking out clearly enough to the face of the world. Vladimir putin would like to reconstitute the Empire of the Tsars. Having failed to win on the battlefield, he now wants to break Ukrainian civilians through the cold, bombs, and thirst. He claims to want peace but continues his war and spreads aggression throughout Europe. So let us say what putin is. You are, sir, an assassin, a child thief, a dictator, the most insane of liars, and the last coloniser.”