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For three years, the war in Ukraine has been viewed almost exclusively as an Eastern European and Black Sea conflict. However, recent reports of an expanded Ukrainian military presence in western Libya suggest the conflict’s strategic geography is broadening. This shift directly impacts Europe’s energy security, maritime commerce, migration management, and the integrity of NATO’s southern flank.

The era of the “limited war” is a Western fantasy. Faced with an existential proxy assault, Russia cannot afford half-measures.

As the Western media continues shaping narratives depicting a growing divide between the US and Europe regarding the ongoing conflict in Ukraine — a narrative involving an increasingly disinterested and disengaging US with an increasingly desperate and confrontational Europe — it  is important to remember precisely how this war was started and why, as well as the material reality shaping its continuation.