This country has a plan for war with Putin. It puts the UK to shame

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1. As [Russia’s campaign of sabotage](https://inews.co.uk/news/world/inside-russia-hybrid-attacks-europe-threaten-uk-4049064?ico=in-line_link) continues to disrupt lives across Europe, many Europeans have been asking themselves why it seems nothing can be done to [deter Moscow](https://inews.co.uk/news/world/how-worried-should-be-russia-ships-off-uk-waters-4061981?ico=in-line_link) and stop the attacks.

   From blowing up railway lines in Poland to [shutting down major airports](https://inews.co.uk/news/world/munich-airport-closure-sign-russia-escalating-hybrid-war-3954818?ico=in-line_link) in Denmark, Germany and Belgium, the impact of Russia’s reckless targeting of civilian logistics is growing ever greater. And yet, as Sir Keir Starmer prepares for a Tuesday call with the “[Coalition of the Willing](https://inews.co.uk/news/world/britains-plan-ukraines-postwar-security-troops-ground-4060866?ico=in-line_link)”, whatever efforts are under way to address the problem seem limited – at least in public – to verbal complaints by European leaders.

   The absence of visible countermeasures against Russia, whether co-ordinated across Europe or on a national basis, will have encouraged the Kremlin to believe it can carry on its campaign with impunity, while its victims across Europe are left baffled at their governments’ seeming helplessness.

   Now, one of those governments has lost patience. After decades when the most passionate calls for taking a strong stance in response to Russia’s actions came from the frontline states in the east of the continent, the latest intervention comes from what might seem at first an unlikely source. The Italian ministry of defence has released a paper [castigating the inertia and passivity of European states](https://www.difesa.it/assets/allegati/83696/non-paper_il_contrasto_alla_guerra_ibrida.pdf) in the face of a clear and growing threat.

   The document doesn’t pull its punches. It has a whole section dedicated to “Overcoming Inertia”, identified as one of the major challenges to Europe’s response. It proposes setting up a European Centre for Countering Hybrid Warfare, for sharing best practice and co-ordinating responses to challenges short of open war.

2. Every year multiple times we honor the soldiers fallen for our freedom. Flowers commemorations lots of militairy parades. Soldiers from far away who died for our freedom. Yet in Ukraine almost only Ukrainian Cemetery’s. We fail the soldiers who gave their lives for us.

3. As far as Putin is concerned, he’s already at war with Europe. The problem is that Europe is in denial, the US essentially supports Russia and Russia is desperately trying to see how much it can get away with before they inevitably go too far.

   As much as war should be completely and totally avoidable, there are some situations where it is inevitable and Putin seems hell bent on creating such a situation.

4. I’d be all for Europe attacking now rather than letting Russia build up until they enivitably attack us.

   Whenever I’ve suggested that before I get downvotes to oblivion but to me it just seems the only sensible response.

5. Haha. Weʼll see how quickly the rusbot shifts his narrative from ”Hybrid Centre” (European Centre of Excellence for Countering Hybrid Threats) to ”Italian Inertia”, or something like that. On a certain Finnish image board, you’ll get insulted by a rusbot on duty when you write anything coherent or benevolent: ”I see, the night shift at the Hybrid Centre began”, or something like that. Often with a street view from outside the Hybrid CoE office in Helsinki.

6. It will take 40 years for Putin to defeat Ukraine. Anyone who thinks who would invade major countries like Germany or Poland are delusional

7. Actions speak louder then words, too many in todays world talk big and then go on to do nothing……until we see some action it’s still meaningless and is no different to what we in Uk and elsewhere in europe are doing.

8. That headline picture in the title desperately needs a skilled graphic artist adding in a picture of Mr. Bigglesworth in Putin’s arms.

9. +9 ♤♡

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