I saw this one on Mastodon a couple days ago.

EDIT: It was good seeing it both times.

France has the third largest navy on earth, bro.

Well, listen, if I were a Ukrainian military or political leader and I saw an opportunity to have a well enforced ceasefire and then I could STILL join a large military coalition to prevent any further conflicts, then I would take that deal. The real curiosity here is if Russia respects the capabilities of the EU military or if they are only deterred by NATO.

I think these are topics worth discussing in depth to reduce loss of human lives now and in the far future as much as possible.

Maybe a loophole in Russian demands for them to stay out of NATO?

Or maybe Russia won’t care because they already plan on advancing into Europe.