“Europe Is Killing Ukraine”: Jeffrey Sachs Calls for End to War and Challenges Europe Over U.S. Attack on Iran
October 24, 2026Jeffrey Sachs, economist and professor at Columbia University, with a warning for Europe:
“EUROPE IS KILLING UKRAINE”
Jeffrey Sachs has a message for European leaders, and it’s not a comfortable one.
His argument, as the headline puts it: Europe keeps feeding a war it should be working to end, and Ukraine is the one paying the price. He calls for an end to the war, and for European governments to take charge of their own foreign policy instead of following Washington’s lead.
He also asks why Europe, so quick to speak up on some conflicts, stays silent on the U.S. attack on Iran.
Sachs has said for years that Europe should negotiate and build its own path to peace. He repeated it in a landmark speech to the European Parliament in February 2025, where he told MEPs that they represent 450 million people and a $20 trillion economy.
What is the plan to end this war, and who is it actually for?
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English Script:
Jeffry Sachs: Stop trying to force Russia into a, quote, humiliating defeat. Above all, avoid that because that is a death wish. Do you want some stupid American generals saying we could take Kaliningrad? No problem. And then when Putin says we’ll use all means to defend it. Then having all these stupid pundits saying, oh, he’s just bluffing. I’m so sick of these pundits. Is the idea really humiliation? So what is this army to go to war with Russia? They have 1600 actively deployed nuclear weapons. Are you kidding? What are you thinking? Europe is not standing up for Ukraine. Europe is killing Ukraine. This is not about a cease fire. This is about a European politician standing up and saying, Mr. Putin, NATO will not enlarge to Ukraine or to Georgia. Now let’s stop the war. Sit down and talk. We are nearly at war with China. Why? Because China has grown up again. In fact, they have an unbelievable temerity to have a larger economy than the United States. How dare they threaten American hegemony? This is insane. How many wars do we need in this world? And by the way, I didn’t hear Europe speak a murmur about America’s attack on Iran. That is a brazen, murderous violation of every single international standard we have. The day of the attack. The Security Council met that afternoon, and I was asked to testify. And I sat there in row in absolute shock. The Bahraini ambassador was the first to open the meeting and said, we are meeting here today to condemn the unprovoked attack by Iran on Bahrain. Okay, I thought that’s a little weird. Unprovoked. But it went on the whole session this way. The French ambassador, the British ambassador, the Greek ambassador, nobody in Europe said the United States should not have started a war against Iran.
Unknown man: And we have a problem in Cyprus as well. Cyprus is occupied by Turkey and you offered to do the same thing that you are offering now. And because you are friends with Erdogan to sit down with the president of Cyprus and Erdogan. And hopefully, we can solve problems by talking.
Jeffry Sachs: My view is there is no reason for a war with Russia. There is no reason for a war with China. There’s no reason for a genocide in Gaza, for God’s sake. Honestly, I love Europe, but not this political leadership right now. I don’t understand it.
