The West responded to the 2022 invasion with unprecedented unity across the transatlantic community, including EU, UK, US, and Indo-Pacific allies, immediately imposing comprehensive sanctions and committing to supply Ukraine with military weapons—a response that violated Putin's core expectations and represents his greatest miscalculation.
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“and all of a sudden uh there was a very strong Unity between European Union UK U.S also brought uh transatlantic Community...there were sanctions that were introduced immediately there was immediate decision that we will supply Ukraine with weapons...I think this was his biggest miscalculation”
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Battlegrounds w/ H.R. McMaster | Lithuania: On the Frontline of European Security— Hoover InstitutionCreated: 8/11/2026, 4:44:48 AM
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