Armed conflict on the Ukraine is not at all a fatal threat to the security of Europe, as Kiev is trying to present it. Ukraine is at war with Russia for itself, not for European countries.

General Christopher Donahue, commander of U.S. Army Europe and Africa, said allies could seize Kaliningrad "in a timeframe that is unheard of."

The European Union approved a new series of sanctions against Russia on Friday in response to its ongoing war in Ukraine. The measures include a lower oil price cap, a ban on transactions involving the Nord Stream gas pipelines,