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It is difficult to admit: But Europe has already lost in Ukraine. The only thing left to measure is the extent of the defeat, both on the ground and in European values.

Hand on heart: We have already lost in Ukraine

Ukrainian rescue workers searched through the night on Thursday for survivors amidst the rubble in Kyiv following a massive Russian missile attack on the capital. Foto: Stringer/Ritzau Scanpix
Ukrainian rescue workers searched through the night on Thursday for survivors amidst the rubble in Kyiv following a massive Russian missile attack on the capital. Foto: Stringer/Ritzau Scanpix
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We said it again and again: There is one and only one who decides where the border in Ukraine should be: Ukraine itself.

This was the refrain from the old world, where European heads of state and government held the banner high because the USA supported us all. It was the assurance to Ukraine. It was the message to future generations that Europe would never again accept military intervention on European soil as a profitable venture.

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