What most leaders in Western #Europe still don't get is that, for us, not seeing others as our enemies does not automatically guarantee that others won't see us as their enemy.
A few years after independence in 1991, #Ukraine gave up all its nukes and demilitarised almost entirely. Ukrainians felt no acrimony towards anyone. Ukraine signed friendship agreements with its neighbours. And still, a couple of decades later #russia had become its enemy.
European leaders must stop behaving foolishly.
João Costa 💚🇵🇹🇪🇺🇬🇧🇺🇦 /
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