A NATO naval flotilla in the Black Sea could "pay a friendly visit to Mariupol"

  A NATO naval flotilla in the Black Sea could "pay a friendly visit to Mariupol," Edward Lucas,  a Senior Vice President at the Center for European Policy Analysis  suggests
"Here Russia has already enjoyed an easy win," Edward Lucas writes.  Although some countries – notably Canada – responded with pitch-perfect words, straightforwardly condemning Russian aggression, others equivocated.  Germany's foreign minister, Heiko Mass, urged both sides to de-escalate.  NATO and the European Union also mixed supportive words for Ukraine and criticism of Russia with calls for "restraint and de-escalation" (NATO secretary-general Jens Stoltenberg) and "the utmost restraint" (EU foreign affairs spokeswoman Maja Kocijancic).       

  "Most worryingly of all (for us, and most pleasingly for Russia) there was no early response from the United States."    https://www.unian.info/politics/10355889-with-azov-escalation-moscow-tests-west-s-response-expert.html
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  A graduate of the London School of Economics and long-serving foreign correspondent in Berlin, Vienna, Moscow, and the Baltic states,

Edward Lucas is an internationally recognized expert on espionage, subversion, the use and abuse of history, energy security and information warfare. He is the author of four books https://www.cepa.org/edward-lucas