“Putin has failed and is more threatening. Now he could widen the conflict” – Foreign

“The special military operation is proving to be a resounding failure, Putin could up the ante.” However, according to Ambassador Ferdinando Nelli Feroci, former EU commissioner in 2014 and president of the Istituto Affari Internazionali, Europe must not set itself the goal of regime change in Moscow. Rather “he must find a way to induce the Russian president to end this war”. Ambassador, the rehearsal of tomorrow’s parade was a muscular display by the Putinian regime. Is it just propaganda? “May 9 has enormous symbolic value for the Russians and for Putin, who has the problem of how to present himself at the parade since he cannot announce successes. Many legitimately fear that he will take the opportunity to widen the offensive.” So, would Europe do well to raise the level of attention also in light of Lavrov’s threats to Italy? “The Russian minister tried to play on the division between Western allies by identifying Italy as the most fragile link in the European coalition and NATO. I interpret it as a sign of Moscow’s weakness”. But already in the past, from the words he spoke in Munich in 2007 onwards, Putin has shown that he is putting what he says into practice. “Definitely. We should have taken it more seriously. The script was already written in political statements and posters. Add to this the initiatives on the ground, from 2008 in Georgia to 2014 in Crimea, a linear and coherent picture is completed”. So, could countermeasures be taken? “The opening of Ukraine and Georgia to NATO membership, announced in 2008, was a mistake, but I don’t think that the enlargement to the East was a threat to Russia”. But the Kremlin did not appreciate. “It would have been better to avoid, more effort was needed to maintain constructive relations with Moscow”. It seems that the US contributed to the killing of several Russian generals in Ukraine. Is America Already at War? …