Europe makes a show of unity with Ukraine and other neighbours

RUSSIA’S BLOODYEPC is reshaping Europe in profound and unexpected ways, and not just on the battlefield. On June 1st leaders of 45 European countries, from Britain to Georgia, met to discuss their collective security at the second summit of the European Political Community (). It was held at the Mimi Castle in Moldova—just 13 miles (20km) from the Ukrainian border.Although Turkey’s leader, the Recep Tayyip Erdogan, pulled out, the summit was nonetheless a symbolic show of unity and support for countries on Europe’s vulnerable eastern flank–both for war-battered Ukraine and for the host country, Moldova. To drive home the point, Volodymyr Zelensky, Ukraine’s president, was there in person. Moldova closed its airspace for the duration.