Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk didn’t mince words. NATO fragmentation. Sanctions relief for Moscow. A European energy crisis. Aid to Ukraine frozen. The reconstruction loan blocked by Budapest. He called it what it is: a checklist that reads like something drawn up in the Kremlin.

The threat of NATO’s break-up, easing sanctions on Russia, a massive energy crisis in Europe, halting aid for Ukraine and blocking the loan for Kyiv by Orbán - it all looks like Putin’s dream plan.