Anyone with a rational brain knew from the start that the sanctions were never about helping Ukrain but all about propping up the US global hegemony.

So the real question is, why were so many European leaders prepared to do so to the vast detriment of their own constituents?

What are they not telling us? Whom are they really serving and why?

The way out is easy. Put Europe first. Get all US troops and weapons off our continent, stop all sanctions, enforce the Minsk 2 and open the path for Russia to join the EU common market.

General De Gaulle was right, he never trusted the Americans and aimed for a United Europe. From "Atlantic to the Urals", "from Lisbon to Vladivostok. Both Macron and Putin share his vision, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkeS6if-9jM

So let's do it. We can and we must NOW.