Europeans should know that Russian troops will be on Poland's borders if Putin succeeds in Ukraine. Putin's Russia is an existential threat to all of us, — said the head of European diplomacy, Josep Borrell, during a speech at Oxford University on the world security situation.

"The prospect of a puppet government being formed in Kyiv, as happened in Belarus, when Russian troops are on the borders of Poland and Russia controls 44 percent of the world grain market, is something Europeans should be aware of," Borrell said. .

The Europeans tried to create a circle of friends around themselves, but instead they got a circle of fire that stretches from the Sahel to the Middle East, from the Caucasus to the current battlefield in Ukraine.

"First of all, we have to make a clear assessment of the danger from Russia, which is seen as the greatest existential threat to Europe. Perhaps not everyone in the European Council agrees with this, but the majority supports this idea. Russia is an existential threat to us, and we need to have open eyes in assessing this risk," the EU High Representative stressed.

He noted that Europe has developed a model of relations based on cooperation and economic interdependence. Within the EU, it was a great success and allowed to ensure 70 years of peace among European countries. Europeans were convinced that such interdependence could also lead to political changes in Russia and even in China. But such a belief was wrong, and such changes did not occur. In the face of Russian authoritarianism, interdependence did not bring peace. On the contrary, it turned into dependence, especially on fossil fuels, and this dependence was turned into a weapon.