https://x.com/Gerashchenko_en/status/1966225286317617468

Many people in Europe are skeptical about Russia's intentions to attack Europe. They believe that Putin (Russia) will be satisfied with just Ukraine. That is why even some politicians and intellectuals voice the call to "give Ukraine to Putin" and thus "save Europe."

This outlook is wrong. And it is very dangerous, above all for European countries.

The truth is that Putin has turned Russia into a war machine that is very difficult to stop. And he does not want to stop it because the current regime survives only thanks to war.

Arguments on this subject are presented by the OpenMinds research project:
◾ Russia has switched to a war economy, and the reversal process is extremely difficult;
◾ growing amounts of intelligence indicate hybrid, cyber, and information operations, as well as sabotage attempts in Europe;
◾ consolidation, increasing influence, and coordination of the authoritarian axis and its satellite states.

!! But there is another important argument that is often overlooked:
◾ Russia's preparation of a new militarized generation.

Moscow has normalized war for younger generations of Russians. Russian propaganda has already turned Ukrainians into "Nazis and fascists" - subhumans who must be killed. Now it is doing the same with Europeans.

A new OpenMinds investigation, "Kids with Drones," analyzed how stories involving children are spread on Russian social media to promote war.

The most important findings include the integration of drone piloting programs into schools, camps, and even kindergartens, alongside the normalization of a narrative of existential confrontation with the West.
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