EUROPE IS STRONGER THAN EVER, BUT FOR HOW LONG

When Russian President Vladimir Putin gathered his country's soldiers on Ukraine's border earlier this year, observers on both sides predicted a different outcome. Kiev was not thought to be capable of withstanding the full force of Moscow's war machine for long. The scenarios imagined ranged from Russia's previous activities in Georgia and Crimea to Nazi Germany's Blitzkrieg in World War II's early stages.

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