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Russian President Vladimir Putin clearly underestimated Europe before the attack on Ukraine, according to Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi. “Perhaps Putin had thought us impotent, divided or intoxicated by our wealth. He was wrong. We were and are ready to respond and fight back,” Draghi said in Rome during a speech in the Senate. The 74-year-old on Tuesday praised the European Union’s action after the attack on Kiev: “Europe’s response was prompt, consistent, quick, strong and, above all, united.” “We are not doing this because we are pursuing aggressive expansionism,” Draghi said, pointin…