The Dissident reports:

Indeed, Iran’s effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz may force Europe to end the proxy war in Ukraine and normalize relations with Russia to restore access to cheap energy.

This was stated by Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever in an interview with the newspaper L’Echo, where he called “on Europe to reach a deal with Russia to end the war in Ukraine,” adding that, “a negotiated settlement is also necessary to restore access to cheap energy.”

Sometimes it's useful to be a gas station masquerading as a country as Russophobe John McCain once put it.

Meanwhile Zelensky was in the UK pitching for mo' money, mo' money, mo' money.

He even gave King Charles an iPad (that will probably be the star prize in the Sandringham Christmas raffle).

A prolonged SMO in Iran could be it for Zelensky and Ukraine.

Expect more shadow fleet tankers to be pirated by Europe as they clearly need the oil.