yes it's ironic that most of the people responsible for those shootings are white power fascist Putin sympathizers.
I am not a fan of super powers and politicians, but do you even know what panic mode is? The US is not in a panic mode. I understand you don't like Biden, and probably love Trump, but maybe try to come up with something more intelligent. Otherwise you'll sound like those Capitol Hill idiots that attempted one of the most embarrassing coup of modern times.
European countries like Italy are in a far, far worse and desperate situation than Russia. And part of that is due to democratic politicians making a bigger problem and then kicking the can down the road, KNOWING CLEAR WELL what they are doing is unsustainable. I'm more worried at this point of the European union breaking apart, than Russia actually. Germany used to be the financial power-house not just of Europe, but the world. And now it can't even afford to take a shower. Who is going to give the bailout to Italy, etc? You saw what Greece did... totally wrekt their whole system. You can't make this shit up folks...
Till the national interest of each country will prevail over the concept of Europe, as a truly federal union of countries, democratic elected by their citizens, things will not change. On top of that, there are some historical cultural differences, different languages, different school systems that basically keep these differences and skepticism unchanged. Add immigration one sided only with strong religious and cultural traits. It’s an old fart system, misguided by old people. von der leyen, schultz, lagarde…. Do You see some leadership at all in these names? Self inflicted pain with sanctions is probably the most notable decision of 2022. So at the end of the day a default of Europe, followed by massive pain for their citizens will probably cause a major change of the system and the political context. Unfortunately that (change) would translate as well in a high risk of another European war if history teach us something.
it's not self inflicted pain. there is one big country west of EU just across the ocean which has major influence on decision making in EU