“EU economics chief says Europe is gripped by a ‘double crisis’…”

“…“I think we are we facing the impact of the double crisis,” Gentiloni said in reference to the geopolitical impact from Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine and the subsequent economic hit to the European continent.

“From a geopolitical point of view, [the crisis] impacted also, of course, the U.S. and all the world, but from the economic point of view, it impacted seriously Europe and Germany in particular,” he said…”

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/09/02/economy-europe-can-avoid-a-recession-eu-gentiloni-says.html

Russia didn’t destroy Europeans pipelines which delivered large amounts of Europe’s energy. The West did. It was Europe who decided to cut Russia off not Russia. Long story short Europe caused that crisis.