Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has issued a dire warning about the future of Europe after Russian forces continued their bombardment of Ukrainian targets.
In an interview with Spain’s El País newspaper, Tusk called on Europeans to accept the reality that they are now living in a “pre-war” era as Russia appears to be gaining an upper hand in the conflict:
What is most worrying now is that literally any scenario is possible. We have not had a situation like this since 1945. I know it sounds devastating, especially to people of the younger generation, but we have to mentally get used to a new era. We are in a pre-war era. I don’t exaggerate. This is becoming more and more apparent every day.
When Lviv or other cities in western Ukraine are attacked, the sound of explosions can be heard in our part of the border area. At the last European Council I had an interesting discussion…
