Europe Is Pulling Canada and Ukraine Into a New Security Bloc
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Europe may be getting larger—but not through traditional EU expansion.
In this video, I examine Ursula von der Leyen’s proposal for a new European Security Council that could include Ukraine, Canada, the United Kingdom and Norway. Canada could also become the EU’s first “associate member,” even though that status does not currently exist.
These developments are connected to something larger. Russian drones are crossing borders, railway infrastructure is being sabotaged, Western officials narrowly avoided a Russian strike near Poland, and European leaders are increasingly admitting that declarations of “resolve” have not deterred Moscow.
I explain why Russia’s pressure may be producing exactly the outcome Putin wanted to prevent: Canada and Ukraine moving deeper into a larger European security structure.
I also cover Zelensky’s reported encounters with Russian drones over Moldova, the proposed energy ceasefire, Ukraine’s cooperation with Denmark, serious—but still unconfirmed—allegations involving Kyrylo Budanov, Russia’s treatment of Ukrainian prisoners and the sanctions legislation moving through Congress.
The central question is whether Europe is finally building credible deterrence—or simply creating another institution without the power to impose consequences.
Chapters
00:00 — Europe Is Creating Something New
00:27 — Zelensky Says Russia Targeted His Plane
02:01 — Ukraine’s Refinery Strategy and Russia’s Oil Revenue
03:10 — Should Ukraine Stop Attacking Russian Refineries?
04:24 — Zelensky’s Leverage Before Winter
04:36 — Ukraine and Denmark Expand Defense Cooperation
04:53 — Seven Difficult Bills Ukraine Must Pass
05:27 — Serious Allegations Involving Budanov
06:32 — Russia Will Keep Testing the West
07:02 — Coordinated Railway Sabotage in the Netherlands
07:37 — Russian Drone Strikes Near the Polish Border
08:07 — “Resolve Is Not a Response”
09:29 — Europe Proposes a New Security Council
10:02 — Canada Could Become the EU’s First Associate Member
10:35 — Russia’s Propaganda Response
12:45 — Belarus Trades Prisoners for Sanctions Relief
14:49 — Russia Blackmails Families of Ukrainian Prisoners
16:48 — Russia, Iran and an Attack on American Forces
17:15 — Alleged Russian Intelligence Operations in America
17:41 — Russia Says Peace Is No Closer
18:02 — Putin Prepares Russia for Parliamentary Elections
18:41 — Congress Advances a Major Russia Sanctions Bill
21:32 — Congress, Hegseth and the Epstein Vote
23:53 — Trump Attacks Karl Rove as the GOP Divides
24:57 — New Polling Points Toward a Republican Defeat
25:43 — Viewer Responses and Questions
26:56 — Can Europe Expand Without Formally Expanding?
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