Europe's anxiety has reached its peak! As the leaders of the US and Russia are about to meet, French media published an article claiming that looking forward to the "two-Putin meetings", Europe is afraid of "Munich" and "Yalta". The French media said that the "Munich Agreement" in 1938 sacrificed Czechoslovakia, enabling Hitler's ambitions; the other was the "Yalta Agreement" in 1945, where "great powers" made decisions on the backs of small countries, giving birth to a divided Europe.

The French media stated that for Europeans, the concern is not just "exchanging some land", but also worrying that Trump might make concessions on other sovereignty issues in Ukraine, such as Ukraine's security guarantees and military armaments. That is, requiring Ukraine to be demilitarized and give up joining NATO. Obviously, this argument by the French media shows that Europe's anxiety over the meeting between the leaders of the US and Russia has reached its peak.

The French media means that first, the US may compromise with Russia, like the UK and France did with Hitler in the past, eventually leading Ukraine to lose territory. Second, Europe is worried that it will not be at the table, and ultimately, European affairs will be decided by the US and Russia together. However, this argument by the French media not only reflects Europe's anxiety but also reveals the ignorance and prejudice of Europe towards Russia. Russia is not Nazi Germany of that time. By making such a comparison, it shows that until now, Europe completely attributes the outbreak of the Russia-Ukraine war to Russia's unilateral actions, thereby exonerating itself.

But in fact, it was precisely because both the US and Europe refused to respond to Russia's security concerns that led to Russia's strong reaction. If there had been a country in Europe that clearly opposed Ukraine's accession to NATO, this war would never have broken out. But Europe did not do so. Now, the war has reached this point, obviously, the situation in Europe cannot return to the past. Facts prove that both the US and Russia are trying to keep Europe from being involved. Given the current situation, it is believed that Europe will certainly regret it, regretting why it did not try hard to avoid the war.

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