Opinion | Will Europe Admit It’s at War?

Vladimir Putin declared war on Europe on Feb. 24, 2022, by sending his tanks to assault Ukraine. Or in December 2021, when Andrei Kartapolov, chairman of the Duma’s Defense Committee, threatened any country that stood in his way with a “preventive strike.” Or on Feb. 20, 2014, when the Russian army invaded Crimea.

This year things are speeding up. Intimidations, provocations and aggressions are multiplying: