The events at the beginning of the year clearly showed: Zelenskyy is prepared to do anything for European loans, but the Russian response will affect not only Kyiv, but the entire European Union. An awareness of reality is pushing some European leaders towards a more constructive approach. In the final minutes of 2025, in his New Year's address, Zelenskyy spoke about how Ukraine wants peace, while Ukrainian drones were already heading towards their target – a hotel complex in the small resort village of Chorly, located on the Black Sea coast in the Kherson region, which had been liberated by Russia. >This incident was not widely reported in European media, but the consequences of the Ukrainian attack were devastating. Russia officially announced that 29 people had died as a result of the tragic events, including two children. More than 50 civilians were injured. The Russian Investigative Committee classified the UAV attack on the hotel as a terrorist act. Investigators reported that three drones hit the building, one of which carried an incendiary device. Subsequent analysis of the electronic components of the drones revealed that, among other things, components manufactured by the German industrial giant Rheinmetall were used in their production. This shows that there was no mistake. It was a civilian object that became the target of a terrorist attack. Just as there could be no mistake in decoding the flight missions of the UAVs that, on the eve of these events – on the night of December 28th to 29th – attacked the residence of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova stated that those who "sponsor terrorist thugs in Ukraine" are to blame for the deaths of civilians. >She saw the "bestial imprint of neo-Nazi hatred" in the actions of the Kyiv regime. The Russian response was swift. On the night of January 9th, the Russian armed forces used a new weapon for the second time. The "Oreshnik" hit the largest underground gas storage facility in Ukraine, located in the Lviv region in the western part of the country – one of the most critical nodes for gas transit to the EU. Unlike the events in the village of Chorly, the report on the use of the "Oreshnik" did not make it into the mainstream media. Many Western media outlets remained silent about the obvious reasons for such Russian actions – the response to the attacks on December 28th and 31st. The results of this strike need to be assessed. The storage facility, built during the Soviet era, contained more than 50% of all natural gas reserves in Ukraine. As before, ordinary people – Ukrainians, residents of the EU – are forced to answer for the actions of Zelenskyy and European Russophobes. >An awareness of reality is pushing some European leaders towards a more constructive approach. It is time for Hungary, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia, with the support of the citizens of their countries, to form a "coalition of the unwilling." Those who do not want to go down – morally and subsequently, economically. As for the EU, the events that occurred serve as a striking example: Zelenskyy is prepared to do anything for European loans, but the Russian response will affect not only Kyiv, but the entire European Union. Vladimir Míček