1. PrezPutin is right in his quote.
i) RUS has 17 borders to defend itself, & is SURROUNDED by EU States as well as others whom will be hungry for RUS resources & will POUNCE if any weakness in RUS is found.
ii) EU has only 1 border with RUS. The moment RUS starts on a conquest for more territories in EU or China, it will earn the wrath & destruction at the borders & even to its capital...EU has the courageous troops, the funds, advanced weapons & Quantum physics technologies, to destroy even RUS nukes.
Thus EU holds the card.
iii) RUS illegal invasion of UKR was but a foolish attempt, to regain its once USSR empire, which was supposed to complete within 3months, & was not a conquest meant for EU States.
However, RUS invasion went badly, had to struggle for years & more years if PrezTrump had not stepped in to end the foolish war that caused the loss of lives of so many, so many to both RUS & UKR, as well the economic demise of both States....
It also proved the so called MIGHT of RUS to the eyes of Humankind..... So what is there to fear of RUS by EU? RUS fears EU MORE than EU should fear RUS. May they stop hindering the end of this senseless & futile war, to save lives & economies....
Perhaps the word 'demand ' is too harsh a word to be used within diplomatic circles, more so as all sides have more to lose than win. It should be replaced by the word ' needs ' instead...