The origin of the energy crisis is very clear: Germany's leaders have been instrumental in tying the cart to the horse of Russian energy for decades to the loud, repeated warnings of others. This is a crisis largely self-inflicted.
Medieval mentality is what I'd use to describe Putin's belief in conquest as an acceptable act of negotiation in the 21st century. It is not. Humanity deserves better than people who believe in annexing their neighbors. Strong, unified condemnation is how the world says no, we do not accept.
EDIT: here is just a taste of how Russians do war: they've turned Bakhmut into Mordor [1]. That is a medieval mentality.
[1] https://libreddit.tiekoetter.com/r/CombatFootage/comments/xh...
Resources is a zero sum game despite what the propaganda says
Sometimes the only appropriate answer to tribal, violent attack, is violence in return.
I see that as a good thing.
My remark is of a philosophical nature how a culture/society creates its myths and their role in the dynamics of elites and the subjects. None of the comments, neither the original article nor on this thread cover even 1% of the reality on the origin of the crisis (energy), nor does it explain how the current EU energy market has been developed by whom and who it keeps in power, and what might be the solution (bashing Putin and puffin our proverbial chest is not it I know that much).
How such medieval mentality that we display here and in general media (us vs Putin) is so pervasive gives little hope that we even care to know the truth, care for real solution, or even care for ourselves. There is just so much to unpack that there is no chance here from such a simple sentence.