The Telegraph: Putin won and exposed the weaknesses of the West

MOSCOW, 16 Feb. Russian President Vladimir Putin has won a geopolitical victory over the US and Europe, according to an editorial in the British edition of The Telegraph. According to observers, the Russian head of state has shown the weak points of the Western world. Brussels wanted to play an important role in the foreign policy arena, but it was shown that its claims were unfounded, the authors write. European statesmen refused to act as a united front against Moscow, and the United States limited itself to belligerent rhetoric, British journalists complain. «Kiev saw how little of it the allies are really ready to do for him,» the article notes. Russia, as the publication says, has won: Ukraine will most likely not be accepted into NATO, and Nord Stream 2 is ready to supply gas to Europe. In the last few For months, Western media have been actively publishing articles about Russia's preparations for an «offensive» on Kiev. Moscow has repeatedly denied these accusations, noting that they are being used as a pretext to pull NATO military units to the country's borders. Claims of an «invasion» continue to come from the West, despite the return of Russian troops to their places of deployment after the exercises. On Monday, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu reported that «some of the exercises are coming to an end, some will be completed in the near future.» :15Daily Mail: The West will anger Russia if it sends troops to its borders