Romanian Prime Minister Ciolacu, about Patriot for Ukraine: I am happy with Moscow’s reaction. It means that we count in mobilizing against the dictator Putin

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1. > **Marcel Ciolacu spoke on Tuesday evening, exclusively on Digi24, about the possibility of Romania delivering a Patriot system to Ukraine. The prime minister said that the final decision will be made in the CSAT, but he wanted to emphasize that he was happy with Moscow’s reaction. “It means that we matter and there are fears that the world is mobilizing against the dictator Putin,” the prime minister said.**
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   > Liliana Ruse, Digi24 journalist: The Minister of Defense declared that “the operational Patriot system in Romania is indispensable “. Shall we deduce from this that Romania will not give this system to Ukraine? Marcel Ciolacu, Prime Minister of Romania: It is premature. The decision will be made within the CSAT, as is normal. It is an important decision. Instead, we saw Moscow’s reaction. Let’s be fair, we are dealing with an aggressor and a dictator. I saw Moscow’s reaction, somewhere like this, veiled, a threat to Romania. In other words, a possible decision by Romania bothers Moscow a lot. Russia will not attack Romania. Russia cannot afford to attack Romania, nor does it want to attack Romania. Romania is a member of NATO, we have a strategic partner – the United States of America. I had a telephone conversation with Mr. President, I did not go into details. It remains that this decision will be taken in the CSAT, and primarily with regard to Romania’s safety. I repeat, there are no fears that Russia would attack Romania. There is no logic for Russia to do this. I am happy with Moscow’s reaction. It means we matter and he fears the world is mobilizing against the dictator Putin.

2. I’m more surprised Russia chose to express their frustrations in public at all

3. I doubt anything can keep Putin attacking any other country, regardless on what army they have.

   If Ukraine win somehow this war, yes, this will probable stop future aggressions, else, prepare for invasions.

4. I can write a wall of text about how corrupt his party is and how he mismanages the economy (a big deficit, unable and unwilling to make meaningful reforms in administration and state companies etc.), but we are very lucky that he is pro-EU and pro-NATO. He is the most pro-Western PSD leader since Geoana, the current NATO deputy-secretary.

   While we are not that vocal in aiding Ukraine, we did our part and the fact that Ukraine rarely criticized us (while doing it for other countries numerous times) shows that we are doing quite well. It is crucial for Romania and quite important for the West too that we have both the president and the PM (and the head of the largest party) to be unquestionably pro-Western right now. We would have been in trouble if the Chinese ass-kisser Ponta or Dragnea, the wannabe Orban would have been the leaders of PSD.

   Just look at Hungary and how much pain in the ass they are. A large part of it is because Romanians are very pro-Western.

5. This and his party (PSD) and #1 more corrupt in Romania!

   If they say they will help Ukraine and are against Russia, it’s just a play, a ruse.

   Nobody should believe anything they say.

   They even let two Russian parties (AUR, SOS) infiltrate the Romanian government!

   No wonder that the still keeps secret what has been given to Ukraine so we cannot see how miniscule the help really is and complain about it.