Vladimir Putin is seeking to weaponise the threat of mass migration to divide and weaken Europe as supporters of Ukraine struggle to maintain unity to defeat Russia, Kaja Kallas, the Estonian prime minister, says. “I think we have to understand that Russia is weaponising migration. Kallas is one of many European politicians trying to spell out the many negative consequences to Europe of a Ukrainian defeat, and rebut those who claim such a reverse could be contained. She conceded that, based on geography and history, some countries in Europe did not see the threat of a Ukrainian defeat in the same way. They will learn that in 2024, bluntly, you can just colonise another country and nothing happens to you.”She pointed to what she described as baby steps to strengthening the European defence architecture, including a European defence fund, the increase in individual nation state defence spending, and the proposal for a shared defence debt bond to boost spending.

Source: The Guardian May 18, 2024 10:39 UTC